david smith

Question 1

what is an acre foot?

Answer 1

325,852 gallons
and acres area 1 foot tall

Question 2

texas water supply

Answer 2

53% ground water
43% surface water
4% re use
total 16.2milllion

Question 3

longest river in texas?

Answer 3

Brazos river (840 miles)

Question 4

how many major basins/watershed?

Answer 4

23

Question 5

only natural lake in tx

Answer 5

caddo lake

Question 6

how many major resivours

Answer 6

208 major water reservoirs
(>5,000 acre-feet)

Question 7

how many aquafors?

Answer 7

9 Major Aquifers
22 minor

Question 8

water use in texas percentage (surface and ground)

Answer 8

surface: 47 municipal
29 irrigation
ground: 73 irrigation
19 municipal

Question 9

who owns surface water?
who owns the most

Answer 9

first in time first in rights
The Dow Chemical Company

Question 10

who owns ground water?

Answer 10

rule of the biggest pump

Question 11

hydroilogical cycle

Answer 11

rain
apathy
drought
awarness
concern
panic

Question 12

Water Supply increasing or decreasing?

Answer 12

Texas’ existing water supplies are projected to decline by
approximately 18 percent
between 2020 and 2070

Question 13

interbasin transfer

Answer 13

transport of water from a
water-rich basin to another river
basin

Question 14

vista ridge project

Answer 14

142-mile pipeline
transfer ~50,000 acre-feet per
cost of ~3 billion dollars

Question 15

Bois d’Arc Lake

Answer 15

First major reservoir built in Texas in nearly 30 years

Question 16

Ogalla Aquifer

Answer 16

worlds largest aquafor