AQUEDUCT SYSTEMS

Question 1

What does Q mean?

Answer 1

Volume Per Time

Question 2

Velocity is equal to?

Answer 2

Distance Per Unit of Time

Question 3

The duties assigned to water operations personnel include?

Answer 3

Performing routine inspections, making scheduled Q changes when necessary upon request of the ACC, reporting and properly recording data.

Question 4

Which 3 lakes provide the initial source of water to Lake Oroville

Answer 4

frenchman lake, lake Davis, and antelope lake

Question 5

Which field division has the widest section of the Aqueduct?

Answer 5

San Luis Field Division

Question 6

What 2 purposes do the liner provide?

Answer 6

reduces erosion and friction

Question 7

Which sections of the Aqueduct are reinforced?

Answer 7

pool 36, thermalito power canal, edmonston forebay

Question 8

when velocity is ________ pressure is ________?

Answer 8

increased/decreased

Question 9

check structures are used for what

Answer 9

controlling flow, controlling elevation, isolates between pools

Question 10

all checks have seg’s?

Answer 10

true

Question 11

what is the speed of radial gates

Answer 11

1’/minute

Question 12

what components of the aqueduct sends pool elevation data to the ACC?

Answer 12

float wells, still wells, enducers, transducers, ultrasonic sensors

Question 13

what are chutes designed for?

Answer 13

the 500 year storm

Question 14

where are mile markers found throughout the project?

Answer 14

check sites, bridges, cross-sections, every 1/2 mile, and they start at the Italian slough levee.

Question 15

what is the freeboard

Answer 15

the section of liner above the water surface to the top of the liner which should be 2 1/2 feet to 5 feet

Question 16

How often are ladders placed

Answer 16

every 500’ staggered or 1000’ on the same side.

Question 17

where are safety cables/buoy lines located?

Answer 17

before check sites, siphons, plants, and spillways, and after bridges?

Question 18

SEG protections?

Answer 18

cranking limiter, emergency trip device, oil pressure sensor, overspeed sensor

Question 19

who has jurisdiction of the canal?

Answer 19

ACC operator

Question 20

who is the water sent to?

Answer 20

29 contractors the 2 largest being Kern and MET

Question 21

Name 3 generating plants?

Answer 21

DC, Mojave siphon, and Warne

Question 22

How many float wells at each check site and where and what are there purpose?

Answer 22

there are 2
1 upstream
1 downstream
and they are used to measure the water elevation of the canal

Question 23

What is the Drawdown Criteria?

Answer 23

1/2’ in the 1st hour and 1’to 4’ in 24 hours depending on location. In accordance to SOO 600.22

Question 24

What is the Delta Water Charge and what is its purpose?

Answer 24

A charge on the water per acre foot and revenue from the electrical energy collected and to be returned to the delta’s conservation facilities.