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Drought
Sugar, Rice, Cheese, & Coffee
California
Water Conveyance and Reliability
100
The amount of water the average person uses in a single day.
What is 98 gallons?
100
This process in the water cycle makes it inefficient to water during the hottest part of the day.
What is evaporation?
100
Of the four, this requires the most water to produce per pound.
What is coffee?
100
He's the Governor of the state.
Who is Jerry Brown?
100
These are Southern California's imported water supplies
What is the Colorado River and State Water Project?
200
The length of an average shower.
What is 8 minutes?
200
The lack of these two weather conditions has been the primary cause of the drought.
What is rain and snow.
200
Of the four, this requires the least water to produce per pound.
What is sugar?
200
This is the date on which snowpack accumulation is usually highest.
What is April 1st?
200
All water is recycled because of this natural occurrence
What is the water cycle?
300
The amount of water used to flush a standard toilet.
What is 3.5 gallons?
300
The amount the State Water Resources Control Board wants to reduce water use.
What is 25%?
300
This requires 299 gallons to produce one pound.
What is rice?
300
In order to save water, consumers might be rewarded for replacing these two appliances.
What are dishwashers and washing machines?
300
This facility balances water supply availability when its wet for use when its dry.
What are surface water or groundwater storage facilities?
400
The amount of water a standard top loading washing machine uses.
What is 34 gallons?
400
What city governments are being asked to replace lawns with.
What is drought-tolerant landscaping?
400
It takes 606 pounds to produce one gallon of this.
What is cheese?
400
Which agency directed local water companies to limit the number of days residents can water their yards?
What is the State Water Resources Control Board?
400
this environmentally compromised large estuary is the hub of California's water conveyance system
What is the Sacramento-Joaquin - San Francisco Bay Delta?
500
The amount of water used to flush a low flow toilet.
What is 1.6 gallons?
500
The number of stations in the northern Sierra where the Department of Water Resources measures snow and rainfall.
What is 8?
500
Producing this product requires twice as much water as producing rice.
What is cheese?
500
This makes up about 30% of California's water supply.
What is melted snowpack?
500
This water resources strategy is used to achieve supply reliability.
What is supply diversification?
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