Acronyms
WMP
What is Waterway Management Plan
These better stabilize by 2040/42!
What are Groundwater Levels
Listen carefully, it is a common tool for measuring groundwater levels
What is a sounder
This agency is responsible for establishing where the flood plain is
FEMA
A favorite item for WRD wagers
What are Doughnuts
IRWM
What is Integrated Regional Water Management
Tests for this include TDS, VOCs and NO3
What is Water Quality
This type of stream gauge relies on air
What is a bubbler system
Cambria, Cayucos, Los Osos, Nipomo, Oceano, San Miguel, and Santa Margarita
What are the areas that have final drainage studies
This award was given for WRD's Basin Cake
What is the Golden Rolling Pin
RHIP
What is Regional Housing and Infrastructure Plan
Avoiding this keeps the wedge at bay
What is Seawater intrusion
This provides for the conversion of depth to groundwater to groundwater surface elevation
What is the Reference Point
The interface between land and a river or stream
What is the riparian habitat (zone or area)
This water supply source is a top winner for taste
What is the Paso Basin
RWIRP
What is Regional Water Infrastructure Resiliency Plan
SGMA brought them together, water rights still keep them apart
What is Groundwater/surfacewater interaction (or groundwater and surface water)
This is what the water level in a stream above an established point is called
What is the stage
Regional Water Board, NMFS, NFWS
What are Agencies that issue permits for work in the waterway
Over 30 million of these have been brought into the county as a result of WRD program efforts
What are Dollars (or grants)
ALERT
What is Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time
When you're using it more than you're filling it, you're losing it
What is Groundwater storage
While the equipment collects water data, this keeps it dry
What is dessicant
25
What is the number of localized watershed groups in SLO County
WRD developed 19 of these in 2020
What is Board Letters