Gallatin Valley 101
The three rivers that join in Three Forks
What is the Madison, Jefferson, and Gallatin?
One way you plan on saving water after this presentation
What is __________
What is 27?
Term for water going into the sky
What is evaporation?
Most common substance found on earth?
Where Bozeman pulls its water from?
What is Hyalite Reservoir, Lyman Spring, and Sourdough Creek?
Last declared drought
What is Summer 2021
Amount of water used on a standard lawn per week?
What is ~1,000 gallons?
Types of precipitation?
What is rain, hail, snow, and sleet (or graupel)?
Weight of a gallon of water
What is ~8 lbs
Our treated water (from the water reclamation facility) enters
What is East Gallatin River?
Percentage of water that goes to irrigate Bozeman lawns
What is nearly 50% of Bozeman's water supply?
Average Bozeman resident water usage in one day
What is 114 gallons/day?
Cons of urban water cycle
What is more runoff, less infiltration, flooding, and pollution
What is 71%? Mostly oceans
Precipitation form that is the main supply for Gallatin Valley?
What is snowpack?
Name two drought tolerant demo gardens
What is Museum of the Rockies, City hall, Bozeman Public Safety Center, N 7th & 27th Medians, Professional Building, and Library
The gallon difference between an average shower and bathtub
What is 5 gallons? On average a tub uses 30 gal while a shower uses 25 gal
Name the main properties of the water cycle
What is precipitation, evaporation, and condensation?
Percentage of freshwater on earth
What is ~3%?
Population of Bozeman
What is 57,000?
The City of Bozeman Drought Equation
What is winter snowpack + spring melt + summer temperatures = water supply
Daily average amount of water used by ALL Bozeman residents
What is 6 6 million gallons?
The peak month for evapotranspiration in Bozeman
What is July?
Water makes up what percentage of the human brain
What is 75%?