California Water Timeline Quiz

Match the following years with the corresponding events in California water history:

• 1848

• Gold discovered on the American River, Treaty of Guadalupe signed.

• 1902

• First permanent Spanish settlements established, water rights by Spanish law.

• 1913

• Los Angeles Aqueduct begins service.

• 1769

• Major flood in Sacramento Valley inundates new city.

• 1862

• U.S. Bureau of Reclamation established by the Reclamation Act.

Match the following events with their corresponding years: 1. Colorado River Compact appropriates 7.5 million acre-feet per year. 2. Hetch Hetchy Valley flooded to produce water supply for San Francisco. 3. Congress passes Boulder Canyon Act. 4. State Water Plan published. 5. Congress authorizes Central Arizona Project to deliver 1.5 million acre-feet of Colorado River water a year to Arizona.

• Hetch Hetchy Valley flooded

• 1968

• State Water Plan published

• 1923

• Central Arizona Project

• 1922

• Boulder Canyon Act

• 1957

• 7.5 million acre-feet per year

• 1928

Match the following years with the corresponding environmental acts or events:

• 1974

• Passage of the National Environmental Quality Act

• 1970

• Congress approves landmark CVP Improvement Act

• 1972

• Congress passes Safe Drinking Water Act

• 1982

• California Legislature passes Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

• 1992

• Proposition 9, the Peripheral Canal package, overwhelmingly defeated

Match the following years with the corresponding events:

• New Year’s storms cause state’s second most devastating flood of the century

• 1994

• State Board amends Los Angeles’ water rights licenses to Mono Lake

• 1999

• Sacramento splittail minnow added to federal endangered species list

• 1993

• State Board adopts new water quality plan for the Delta

• 1995

• Federal court rules in Natural Resource Defense Council v. Patterson

• 1997

Match the following events with their corresponding years: 1. DWR initiates the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) EIS/EIR 2. Judge Wanger rules federal government did not analyze impact of Delta Smelt protection rules 3. Central Valley Flood Protection Plan adopted 4. Gov. Jerry Brown signs legislation creating local agencies to oversee groundwater pumping 5. Gov. Jerry Brown orders statewide water reductions.

• 2014

• 2014

• 2012

• 2015

• 2008

• 2012

• 2015

• 2008

• 2009

• 2009

Match the following events with their corresponding years: 1. Discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill 2. First investigation of California's water resources 3. State Engineer's office creation

• 1848

• 1873

• 1873

• 1878

• 1878

• 1848

Match the following individuals with their contributions:

• William Hammond Hall

• Created the State Engineer's office

• Colonel B. S. Alexander

• Conducted the first water resource investigation

• S.T. Harding

• Authored 'Water in California'

Match the following events with their corresponding details:

• 1931 by State Engineer Edward Hyatt

• Introduction of the State Water Plan

• After World War II ended in 1945

• Proposal of a statewide water development project

• 1919 by Lt. Robert B. Marshall

• California's second economic "gold rush"

Match the following bulletins with their contents:

• Bulletin 2 (1955)

• The California Water Plan, plans for full practical development of California’s water resources, both by local projects and a major State project to meet the State's ultimate needs.

• Bulletin 3 (1957)

• Water Utilization and Requirements of California, estimates of water uses and forecasts of ultimate water needs.

• Bulletin 1 (1951)

• Water Resources of California, a collection of data on precipitation, unimpaired stream flows, flood flows and frequency, and water quality statewide.

Match the following stakeholders with their concerns or actions regarding the California water projects: 1. Delta and San Francisco Bay area residents 2. San Joaquin Valley farmers 3. California Labor Federation 4. Legislators

• Legislators

• Wanted assurances that waterways would be protected

• California Labor Federation

• Devised the Burns-Porter Act to address water policy issues

• Delta and San Francisco Bay area residents

• Opposed irrigation acreage limits similar to federal restrictions

• San Joaquin Valley farmers

• Claimed the project would benefit agribusiness over farm workers