California Water Timeline Quiz

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

• 1902

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

• 1769

• Major flood in Sacramento Valley inundates new city.

• 1862

• Los Angeles Aqueduct begins service.

• 1913

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

• 1848

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

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.

• State Water Plan published

• 1922

• 7.5 million acre-feet per year

• 1923

• Hetch Hetchy Valley flooded

• 1957

• Central Arizona Project

• 1928

• Boulder Canyon Act

• 1968

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

• 1970

• California Legislature passes Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

• 1974

• Proposition 9, the Peripheral Canal package, overwhelmingly defeated

• 1982

• Passage of the National Environmental Quality Act

• 1972

• Congress passes Safe Drinking Water Act

• 1992

• Congress approves landmark CVP Improvement Act

Match the following years with the corresponding events:

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

• 1997

• State Board adopts new water quality plan for the Delta

• 1993

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

• 1994

• Sacramento splittail minnow added to federal endangered species list

• 1995

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

• 1999

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.

• 2012

• 2009

• 2015

• 2008

• 2008

• 2012

• 2009

• 2014

• 2014

• 2015

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

• 1878

• 1848

• 1873

• 1878

• 1848

• 1873

Match the following individuals with their contributions:

• Colonel B. S. Alexander

• Conducted the first water resource investigation

• William Hammond Hall

• Created the State Engineer's office

• S.T. Harding

• Authored 'Water in California'

Match the following events with their corresponding details:

• After World War II ended in 1945

• California's second economic "gold rush"

• 1919 by Lt. Robert B. Marshall

• Introduction of the State Water Plan

• 1931 by State Engineer Edward Hyatt

• Proposal of a statewide water development project

Match the following bulletins with their contents:

• Bulletin 1 (1951)

• 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 2 (1955)

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

• Bulletin 3 (1957)

• 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

• Delta and San Francisco Bay area residents

• Claimed the project would benefit agribusiness over farm workers

• San Joaquin Valley farmers

• Wanted assurances that waterways would be protected

• California Labor Federation

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

• Legislators

• Opposed irrigation acreage limits similar to federal restrictions