B Final Flashcards
(48 cards)
1
Q
- How many pumping plants are in the Delta Field Division?
A
5
2
Q
- Does Delta Field Division generate power?
A
No
3
Q
- What connects the Delta to the SWP?
A
- Clifton Court
4
Q
- Which pumping plant is first and starts the SWP?
A
Banks
5
Q
- WECC
A
Western Electricity Coordinating Council
6
Q
- What are 3 environmental concerns of the SWP?
A
Flooding, Delta Smelt, Salinity
7
Q
- Who is the SWP largest water contractor?
A
MWD - Metropolitan Water District
8
Q
- What was the first power plant to deliver power to Sacramento?
A
Folsom Powerhouse
9
Q
- Who does all the water and soil testing for the SWP?
A
Sacramento Maintenance Yard
10
Q
- Who does all of the concrete and cement testing for the SWP?
A
Bryte Laboratories
11
Q
- What is the main concern of the Sacramento Maintenance Yard?
A
Flooding
12
Q
- What is the oldest facility in the SWP?
A
Sutter Maintenance Yard
13
Q
- What year did power deregulation begin allowing the SWP to add and take power from the grid?
A
2001
14
Q
- What controls the water temp at the fish facility?
A
Hyatt Power Plant Intake Shutters
15
Q
- Oroville diversion dam flows to the feather river and its flow must be kept above __________ cfs or it will go dry
A
600
16
Q
- How many pump/generating units does Hyatt have?
A
3
17
Q
- Hyatt Power Plant feeds what 3 things?
A
Feather River, Fish Hatchery, Power Canal
18
Q
- Where does Hyatt get its water from?
A
Lake Oroville
19
Q
- What are the 5 field divisions?
A
Souther, SJFD, San Luis, Delta, Oroville
20
Q
- When was the feather river fish hatchery opened?
A
1967
21
Q
- What two species of fish does the Feather River Fish Hatchery support?
A
Chinook Salmon
Steelhead trout
22
Q
- What is the main purpose of the SWP?
A
Deliver water
23
Q
- How many gallons is 1 acre foot?
A
325,850 gallons
24
Q
- How many pumping/generating plants are in the SWP?
A
4
25
25. Which is the most northern flood Yard?
Sutter Maintenance Yard
26
26. Where is the Sacramento flood Yard located?
West of downtown Sacramento
27
27. What 3 things are located in the POC building?
POC, Flood Office, National Weather Service
28
28. What is the land around a levee called?
Island
29
29. FOC
Flood Operation Center
30
30. DFM
Division of Flood Management
31
31. When was the sutter Maintenance Yard established?
1929
32
32. How many crews make up the sutter Maintenance Yard?
4
33
33. How many people does the SWP provide water to?
25 million
34
34. How many miles is the SWP
600 miles
35
35. What is a weir?
A fence or dam constructed to raise or divert water
36
36. How many miles of canals and pipe lines does the SWP have?
700 miles
37
37. How many pumping plants are in the SWP?
20
38
38. How many storage facilities are in the SWP
34
39
39. How many hydroelectric plants are in the SWP?
5
40
40. How many water contractors take water from SWP
29
41
41. When was the Division of safety of dams created?
1929
42
42. What caused the creation of the division of safety of dams?
Failure of the St Francis dam
43
43. What department manages the SWP?
Division of operations and maintenance
44
44. When was the DWR established?
1956
45
45. SWPAO
State Water Project Analysis Office
46
46. Where does the SWP water go?
70% goes to urban users
| 30% goes to agriculture
47
47. How many acres of farm land does the SWP provide water to?
750,000 acres
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48. CERS
Ca
Energy
Resource
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