AGSM 105 EXAM 1 – Kingman
questions with verified answers
Water Quality - correct answer ✔✔ the chemical, physical, and biological characteristics of
water, usually in respect to its suitability for a particular purpose
domestic water use - correct answer ✔✔ used for household purposes: like drinking, food
preparation, bathing, washing clothes, dishes, and dogs, flushing toilets, and watering lawns
What percentage of domestic water is delivered to homes by a public-supply facility? - correct
answer ✔✔ 85%
what percentage of the nations population supplies their own water mainly from wells? -
correct answer ✔✔ 15%
Commercial Water use - correct answer ✔✔ used for motels, hotels, restraunts, office buildings,
other commercial facilities, and institutions.
- comes from both public supplied sources and self-supplied sources like wells.
Largest consumption of water in U.S. (45%) - correct answer ✔✔ Thermoelectric Power
Top 3 water uses in US - correct answer ✔✔ 1) Thermoelectric Power
2) Irrigation
3) Public Supply
Largest water Usage in Utah (72%) - correct answer ✔✔ Irrigation
,livestock water use - correct answer ✔✔ used for livestock watering, feedlots, dairy operations,
fish farming, and other on-farm needs.
Watershed - correct answer ✔✔ land area that drains water to a particular stream, river, or lake
ridge - correct answer ✔✔ line along the highest elevations between two areas on a map
Large watersheds contain thousands of smaller watersheds. - correct answer ✔✔ True
WHat is the name of the watershed boundary that separates the flow of water from the Pacific
Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean? - correct answer ✔✔ Continental DIvide
Public Water SUpply - correct answer ✔✔ water withdrawn by public governments and
agencies, such as a county water department, and by private companies that is then delivered
to users
what categories do public suppliers provide water to? - correct answer ✔✔ domestic
commercial
thermoelectric power
industrial
public
what is the rate of flow, in streams and rivers measured in? - correct answer ✔✔ Cubic Feet per
second (CFS)
1 CFS = - correct answer ✔✔ 7.48 gallons per second
, Conveyance Loss - correct answer ✔✔ water that is lost in transit from a pipe, canal, or ditch by
leakage or evaporation. Normally not available for reuse.
What is another name for a watershed? - correct answer ✔✔ Drainage basin
Drawdown - correct answer ✔✔ a lowering of the groundwater surface caused by pumping.
artificial recharge - correct answer ✔✔ a process where water is put back into groundwater
storage from surface-water supplies such as irrigation, or induced infiltration from streams or
wells.
Injection well - correct answer ✔✔ A well constructed for the purpose of injecting treated
water, often wastewater, directly into the ground.
Drip irrigation - correct answer ✔✔ a method of supplying irrigation water through tubes that
drip water onto the soil at the base of each plant.
Why use drip irrigation? - correct answer ✔✔ less water is lost to evaporation than high
pressure spray irrigation
Effluent - correct answer ✔✔ water that flows from a sewage treatment plant after it has been
treated.
what is the conversion from acre feet to gallons? - correct answer ✔✔ 1 acre-foot = 325851
gallons
soil erosion - correct answer ✔✔ nutrients or chemicals attached to the eroding soil particles
are relocated
questions with verified answers
Water Quality - correct answer ✔✔ the chemical, physical, and biological characteristics of
water, usually in respect to its suitability for a particular purpose
domestic water use - correct answer ✔✔ used for household purposes: like drinking, food
preparation, bathing, washing clothes, dishes, and dogs, flushing toilets, and watering lawns
What percentage of domestic water is delivered to homes by a public-supply facility? - correct
answer ✔✔ 85%
what percentage of the nations population supplies their own water mainly from wells? -
correct answer ✔✔ 15%
Commercial Water use - correct answer ✔✔ used for motels, hotels, restraunts, office buildings,
other commercial facilities, and institutions.
- comes from both public supplied sources and self-supplied sources like wells.
Largest consumption of water in U.S. (45%) - correct answer ✔✔ Thermoelectric Power
Top 3 water uses in US - correct answer ✔✔ 1) Thermoelectric Power
2) Irrigation
3) Public Supply
Largest water Usage in Utah (72%) - correct answer ✔✔ Irrigation
,livestock water use - correct answer ✔✔ used for livestock watering, feedlots, dairy operations,
fish farming, and other on-farm needs.
Watershed - correct answer ✔✔ land area that drains water to a particular stream, river, or lake
ridge - correct answer ✔✔ line along the highest elevations between two areas on a map
Large watersheds contain thousands of smaller watersheds. - correct answer ✔✔ True
WHat is the name of the watershed boundary that separates the flow of water from the Pacific
Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean? - correct answer ✔✔ Continental DIvide
Public Water SUpply - correct answer ✔✔ water withdrawn by public governments and
agencies, such as a county water department, and by private companies that is then delivered
to users
what categories do public suppliers provide water to? - correct answer ✔✔ domestic
commercial
thermoelectric power
industrial
public
what is the rate of flow, in streams and rivers measured in? - correct answer ✔✔ Cubic Feet per
second (CFS)
1 CFS = - correct answer ✔✔ 7.48 gallons per second
, Conveyance Loss - correct answer ✔✔ water that is lost in transit from a pipe, canal, or ditch by
leakage or evaporation. Normally not available for reuse.
What is another name for a watershed? - correct answer ✔✔ Drainage basin
Drawdown - correct answer ✔✔ a lowering of the groundwater surface caused by pumping.
artificial recharge - correct answer ✔✔ a process where water is put back into groundwater
storage from surface-water supplies such as irrigation, or induced infiltration from streams or
wells.
Injection well - correct answer ✔✔ A well constructed for the purpose of injecting treated
water, often wastewater, directly into the ground.
Drip irrigation - correct answer ✔✔ a method of supplying irrigation water through tubes that
drip water onto the soil at the base of each plant.
Why use drip irrigation? - correct answer ✔✔ less water is lost to evaporation than high
pressure spray irrigation
Effluent - correct answer ✔✔ water that flows from a sewage treatment plant after it has been
treated.
what is the conversion from acre feet to gallons? - correct answer ✔✔ 1 acre-foot = 325851
gallons
soil erosion - correct answer ✔✔ nutrients or chemicals attached to the eroding soil particles
are relocated
