Climate Change &
Weather
Weather
Climate change is making these periods longer and more severe.
What are droughts?
Removing too much groundwater can damage the land in this way.
What is subsidence?
SGMA stands for Sustainable Groundwater Management...?
What is Act?
The process of saving and protecting water is called this.
What is conservation?
Water banking stores extra water during this type of year.
What is a wet year?
Strong storms can help refill underground water supplies though this process.
What is recharge?
Subsidence can crack roads, canals, and this underground structure.
SGMA was designed to make groundwater use more this.
What is sustainable?
Another word for water stored underground?
What is groundwater?
This underground layer stores groundwater.
What is an aquifer?
Rising temperatures increase water loss through this process.
What is evaporation?
Different groups complete for access to this important resource.
What is water?
Local agencies create plans to manage this natural resource.
What is Groundwater?
A basin built to help water soak into the ground is called a recharge...?
What is a pond/basin?
Water banking helps California prepare for this natural disaster
What is a drought?
Water banking helps California adapt to changing weather patterns caused by this global issue
What is Climate Change?
When groundwater levels drop too low, wells may stop doing this.
What is producing water/work?
One goal of SGMA is preventing excessive groundwater...?
What is pumping?
Water stored naturally beneath earth's surface is found in these underground layers
What are aquifers?
Water is often stored underground to prevent loss from this process.
What is evaporation?
Years with heavy rain and snow are important because they allow California to store extra...?
What is Water?
Over pumping groundwater can permanently reduce the storage space in these underground formations.
What are aquifers?
California passed SGMA in response to worsening groundwater shortages during this type of event
What is a drought?
What is infiltration?
The process of putting water back into underground storage is called this.
What is ground water recharge?