Gallatin Valley 101
Water Conservation Division
How much water?
Water Cycle
Random Water Facts
100

The three rivers that join in Three Forks

What is the Madison, Jefferson, and Gallatin?

100

The names of the people presenting

What is Kori and Anna? 

100
Gallons a clothes washer uses

What is 27?

100

Term for water going into the sky

What is evaporation? 
100

Most common substance found on earth?

What is water?
200

Bozeman's municipal water source

What is Hyalite Reservoir, Lyman Spring, and Sourdough Creek? 

200

Last drought

What is Summer 2021

200

Amount of water used on a lawn

What is 163 gallons? 

200

Types of precipitation?

What is rain, hail, snow, and graupel? 

200

Weight of a gallon of water

What is 8 lbs

300

Our treated water (from the waste water treatment plant) enters

What is East Gallatin River?

300

Percentage of water that goes to irrigate Bozeman lawns

What is 50% of Bozeman's water supply?

300

Average Bozeman resident water usage in one day

What is 104 gallons/day?

300

Cons of urban water cycle

What is more runoff, less infiltration, flooding, and pollution

300
Percentage of Earth covered by water?

What is 71%? Mostly oceans

400

The main water supply for Gallatin Valley

What is snowpack?

400

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 

400

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

400

Name the main properties of the water cycle

What is precipitation, evaporation, evapotranspiration, and condensation?

400

Percentage of freshwater on earth

What is ~3%?

500

Population of Bozeman

What is 57,000?

500

The City of Bozeman Drought Equation

What is winter snowpack + spring melt + summer temperatures = water supply

500
Daily average amount of water used by Bozeman residents

What is 6 large pools?

500

The peak month for evapotranspiration in Bozeman

What is July?

500

Water makes up what percentage of the human brain

What is 75%?