It’s a new year and time to take stock.

By that I mean, I’m super busy doing tons of paperwork for taxes and fundraisers and board meetings for SJV Water and haven’t had time to write.

So, please enjoy this short Water Quiz (no cheating on the Google machine!) and feel free to talk among yourselves.

By Lois Henry

1. What is SGMA?

A. The latest K-pop band.
B. California’s new groundwater law that aims to bring over-pumped aquifers in balance.
C. The gunk you find in the drain after you wash a load of dishes.

2. How many gallons are in 1 acre-foot?

A. ~152,000
B. ~326,000
C. ~823,000

3. What do SWP and CVP stand for?

A. Socialist Worker Party and Central Venous Pressure
B. Send Water Please and Cubic Volume Profits
C. State Water Project and Central Valley Project

4. Where does drinking water for most San Joaquin Valley residents come from?

A. Underground
B. The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
C. A faucet

5. Which of the below was the most recently completed dam?

A. Isabella
B. Schaefer
C. Friant
D. Pine Flat
E. Hidden
F. Terminus

Bonus No. 1: An extra point to name the river from Question 5

A. San Joaquin
B. Kern
C. Tule
D. Fresno
E. Kings
F. Kaweah

6. What are “biops”?

A. Bionic Optimization Standards
B. Scientific guidelines for operating the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
C. “Dr. Pimple Popper” rejects

7. Which of these items were included in the 2016 “WIIN” act (Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation)?

A. The ability to convert long-term federal water contracts to...

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