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1. 1 cubic foot of water equals ____ gallons.

d. 7.48 gallons

2.Ultra low-flow toilets use _____ gallons per flush.

a.1.6 gallons

3. LVMWD's largest water tank holds ____ gallons.

c. 8 million gallons

4. Average family of four uses _____ gallons per year.

e. 127,700 gallons

5. Las Virgenes Reservoir's capacity equals _____ gallons.

b. 3 billion gallons

1. Your drinking water travels _____ miles to reach your tap.

e. 400+

2.Las Virgenes Reservoir stores _____ months of emergency water supplies.

d.6

3. LVMWD's drinking water system has _____ miles of pipeline.

b. 350+

4. _____ pressure zones are required for distribution.

c. 44

5. Total capacity of LVMWD's 21 tanks is _____ gallons.

a. 31+ million

1. True (amazing!)

2. False (small ones are round; large ones are flat)

3. True

4. False (There's still no usable groundwater, and all of our water supplies must be imported more than 600 miles from Northern California. Besides, it's always a good practice to save water!)

5. True

1. b ~ Public owned treatment works ~ LVMWD's Tapia

2. d ~ Ultra low-flow toilet ~ water savings fixture

3. e ~ Pounds per square inch ~ unit of water pressure

4. a ~ Million gallons per day ~ volume of flow

5. c ~ Parts per trillion ~ unit of measurement for particles in water

1. True ~ Water rolls around like rollers on a conveyor belt.

2. False ~ It flows as fast in the lower reaches because the channel is smoother and there is less turbulence.

3. True ~ Antarctic icebergs are larger and last 10 years on average; Arctic ones last about 2 years.

4. False ~ They usually have six sides

5. False ~ Rain clouds are filled with large water drops and ice crystals that block out sunlight.

1. Los Angeles

b. 10 - 20"

2. San Francisco

c. 20 - 30"

3. Fresno

a. 0 - 10"

4. Lake Tahoe

d. 30 - 90"

5. Klamath Mountains

e. 90 - 120"

1. For health, we should consume _____ daily

d. 1/2 gallons

2. To produce a day of meals for 1 takes _____

e. 4,533 gallons

3. To fill a pool 30' by 15' takes about _____

b. 22,000 gallons

4. A birch tree evaporates off _____ daily

c. 70 gallons

5. Per flush, ultra-low flush toilets use _____

a. 1.6 gallons

1. Eggs (2)

c. 136 gallons

2. Apples

a. 61 gallons

3. Watermelon

e. 16 gallons

4. Chicken

b. 408 gallons

5. Corn

d. 100 gallons

1. A simple way to picture a cubic foot of water.

c. A basketball in a 1' x 1' x 1' box

2. How many gallons does a cubic foot of water contain?

a. About 7 1/2 gallons

3. A "billing unit" equals 100 cubic feet of water, which is equal to how many gallons?

e. 748 gallons (1 "Unit" on bill)

4. If you start filling a pool at the rate of one cubic foot per second (represented technically as 1cf/s), how many gallons will accumulate in a minute?

b. Almost 450 gallons

5. What's the weight of 1 cubic foot of water?

d. Nearly 62 1/2 pounds

1. Leak of 60 drops per minute?

c. 192 gallons

2. Leak with 3-inch stream?

b. 100,000 gallons

3. 1/8 inch opening?

d. 1,095 gallons

4. Leak of 90 drops per minute?

e. 310 gallons

5. Leaky toilet?

a. 500 gallons

1. Deja Blue

b. $5.63

2. Sparklett's

c. $3.60

3. Arrowhead

d. $3.37

4. LVMWD

e. Less than $0.01

5. Fiji

a. $6.62

1. equal 1 billing unit (100 cubic feet)?

c. 748 gallons

2. equal an acre-foot?

d. 325,829 gallons

3. weigh a ton?

a. 240 gallons

4. should you drink daily?

b. 1/2 gallon

5. are used for a 5-minute shower?

e. 15 gallons

1. Made by capturing steam that is cooled

e. Distilled

2. Has no minerals added or removed

b. Natural

3. Contains dissolved inorganic chemicals

c. Mineral

4. Made bubbly by adding carbon dioxide gas

a. Sparkling

5. All minerals and chemicals removed by treatment

d. Purified

1. ___% of the Earth is covered by water.

b. almost 80

2. Glaciers and icecaps lock up ___% of the Earth's fresh water.

e. 2.2

3. Of all the Earth's water, ___% is drinkable.

d. less than 1

4. Saltwater is changed to fresh water through ____.

a. desalination

5. Water moves through the Earth's surface by ____.

c. percolation

1. Lettuce, 1 cup

a. 3 gallons

2. Small tomato, 4 1/2 oz.

d. 8 gallons

3. Fresh broccoli, 1/2 cup

c. 11 gallons

4. Cheese, 1 oz.

e. 56 gallons

5. Almonds, 1 oz.

b. 80 gallons

1. Underground layer that holds water

c. aquifer

2. Body of water formed behind a dam

e. reservoir

3. Lack of rainfall for a long period

a. drought

4. Area that drains water from a geographic region

b. watershed

5. Water that collects in lakes and rivers

d. surface water

1. How far water travels to reach our area?

c. 400 miles

2. The size of LVMWD's service area?

f. 122 square miles

3. How many gallons are in a "unit" of water?

b. 748 gallons

4. How many miles of wastewater "trunk line" are in LVMWD's service area?

d. 56 miles

5. How many miles of potable water mainline are in LVMWD's service area?

a. 320 miles

6. The average water use per month per person?

e. 4,488 gallons

1. 1 acre–foot of water* =

f. 325,900 gallons

2. 1 drop of water in 10 gallons =

d. 1 part per million (ppm)

3. 1 drop of water in 10,000 gallons =

a. 1 part per billion (ppb)

4. 1 gallon of water, in weight, =

c. 8.3 pounds

5. 1 cubic foot of water =

e. 62.4 pounds

6. 1 inch of rain over a square mile =

b. 17.4 million gallons

1. How much water is a camel able to drink at one time?

b. 30 gallons

2. How much water can a giant cactus plant absorb at once?

e. 16,000 gallons

3. How much water is needed to grow a Christmas tree?

a. 4,776 gallons

4. How much water does each person use inside daily?

d. 75 gallons

5. How much water can you save per month fixing a leaky faucet?

c. 400 gallons

6. How much water can you save per month taking 3 ‐ 5 minute showers?

f. 300 gallons

1. How much water does it take to produce 8 oz. of chicken?

c. 330 gallons

2. How much water does it take to produce 8 fluid oz. of milk?

f. 48 gallons

3. How many inches of rain or irrigation does your lawn need each year?

d. 60" (5 feet)

4. What is the average annual precipitation for Los Angeles?

a. 15"

5. What percentage of LVMWD's water needs to be imported?

b. 100%

6. What percentage of LVMWD's residental customers' water is used outdoors?

e. 70%

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