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Brae 349 Final Exam Questions and Answers 100% Solved | Graded A+ What is the lift and combined horsepower of the Edmonston Pumping Plant that moves water over the Tehachapi Mountains to Southern California? - 1,926 feet and 1,120,000 Horsepower Assuming you could...roughly how much time would...

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What is the lift and combined horsepower of the Edmonston Pumping Plant

that moves water over the Tehachapi Mountains to Southern California? -

✔✔1,926 feet and 1,120,000 Horsepower

Assuming you could...roughly how much time would it take to count the

water

molecules (H2O) in one small drop of water at a rate of one per second? -

✔✔300 billion centuries

Assuming the population in California is 39.5 million, how many gallons of

water would be needed to make the food to create 1 hamburger (use the

quarter-pounder from lecture) for lunch for 1 day? Assume grain-fed beef

versus grass-fed beef. - ✔✔23.7 billion gallons (or about 72,700 Acre-Feet)

What prominent position did Cal Poly grad Randy Record hold with respect

to

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California water? Hint: Google search encouraged - ✔✔Chairman of the

Board - Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

From the water allocated to California from the Colorado River in a

"normal" year, how much of the 4.4 million acre-feet allocation is used by

agriculture as senior water rights? - ✔✔87.5%

Which of the following represent relatively "new" sources of water in

California? - ✔✔-Seawater Desalination

-Treated wastewater

-Improved efficiency for ag and urban water use

Why are nitrates in the groundwater an issue? - ✔✔Nitrates can cause

health problems such as Blue Baby Syndrome

What is one of the greatest issues in California's hydrology? - ✔✔A majority

of the water is in the northern part of the state, but a majority of

the population is in the southern part of the state.

What percent of California groundwater is used as a key source of water in

a normal

water year? - ✔✔30%

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Which of the following are guiding principles of the 2020 Water Resilience

Plan? - ✔✔a) Strengthen partnerships with local, federal and tribal

governments, water agencies and irrigation districts, and other

stakeholders

b) Integrate investments, policies, and programs across state government

c) Prioritize multi-benefit approaches that meet several needs at once

d) Utilize natural infrastructure such as forests and floodplains

e) Embrace innovation and new technologies

f) Incorporate successful approaches from other parts of the world

g) Encourage regional approaches among water users sharing watersheds

h) Prioritize urban water use above all other water users

How did California miners in the mid-1800s get the hydraulic mining

nozzles to

work? - ✔✔Hydraulic pressure from upstream water source

How much subsidence allegedly occurred between 1925-1977 at the site

near Mendota, California (documented by Dr. Poland)? - ✔✔8.9 meters

(29.2 ft)

According to the lecture, NRDC/Pacific Institute posted a chart where ag is

wasting

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