California Water Timeline Quiz

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

• 1848

• Los Angeles Aqueduct begins service.

• 1913

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

• 1862

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

• 1769

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

• 1902

• Major flood in Sacramento Valley inundates new city.

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.

• Boulder Canyon Act

• 1923

• State Water Plan published

• 1968

• Central Arizona Project

• 1922

• Hetch Hetchy Valley flooded

• 1957

• 7.5 million acre-feet per year

• 1928

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

• 1970

• California Legislature passes Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

• 1972

• Congress approves landmark CVP Improvement Act

• 1974

• Congress passes Safe Drinking Water Act

• 1982

• Passage of the National Environmental Quality Act

• 1992

• Proposition 9, the Peripheral Canal package, overwhelmingly defeated

Match the following years with the corresponding events:

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

• 1997

• State Board adopts new water quality plan for the Delta

• 1994

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

• 1999

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

• 1993

• Sacramento splittail minnow added to federal endangered species list

• 1995

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.

• 2015

• 2015

• 2008

• 2009

• 2014

• 2014

• 2012

• 2012

• 2009

• 2008

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

• 1873

• 1873

• 1878

• 1848

• 1848

• 1878

Match the following individuals with their contributions:

• William Hammond Hall

• Authored 'Water in California'

• S.T. Harding

• Conducted the first water resource investigation

• Colonel B. S. Alexander

• Created the State Engineer's office

Match the following events with their corresponding details:

• 1919 by Lt. Robert B. Marshall

• Proposal of a statewide water development project

• 1931 by State Engineer Edward Hyatt

• California's second economic "gold rush"

• After World War II ended in 1945

• Introduction of the State Water Plan

Match the following bulletins with their contents:

• Bulletin 3 (1957)

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

• 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 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

• Opposed irrigation acreage limits similar to federal restrictions

• California Labor Federation

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

• San Joaquin Valley farmers

• Claimed the project would benefit agribusiness over farm workers

• Delta and San Francisco Bay area residents

• Wanted assurances that waterways would be protected