CVP Quiz

Which does the CVP not provide?

• Hydro Electricity

• Water Storage

• Water Conveyance

• Gas Power Generation

• Flood Risk Reduction

The CVP is the major source of water for 19 ____________.

• Cities

• Hydro Electric Plants

• Reservoirs

• Wildlife refuges

• Fish Hatcheries

Construction for the CVP began in 1938 with the breaking of ground for

• Shasta Dam

• Millerton Dam

• Lake Oroville

• Friant Kern Canal

• Delta Mendota Canal

Which is the largest storage facility of the CVP at 4.5 million acre-feet of storage capacity?

• New Melones Dam and Reservoir

• Friant Dam and Millerton Reservoir

• Shasta Dam and Reservoir

• San Luis Dam and Reservoir

• Folsom Dam and Reservoir

The CVP has contracts to deliver water to more than 250 contractors. Which sector gets the largest share?

• Farms

• Industry

• Municipalities

• Fisheries

• None of the above

Aquifers formed between porous material such as sand gravel silt or clay are known as:

• Confined Aquifer

• Artesian Aquifers

• Alluvial Aquifers

• Transitional Aquifers

• Deep Aquifers

Aquifers play an important role as a source of freshwater for

• Nature Preserves

• Urban Areas

• Agricultural Irrigation

• Both B and C

• None of the above

Aquifers are the natural accumulations of

• Runoff and Precipitation

• Salts and Minerals

This water project delivers about 5 million-acre feet of water for farms.

• Colorado River Aqueduct

• State Water Project

• Los Angeles Aqueduct

• Central Valley Project

• Hetch Hetchy Project

Aquifers

• Provide little benefit to agriculture irrigation

• Provide as much as 60% of the state’s water need during droughts

• Can be used to bank ground water

• Both B and C

• None of the above