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Boulder's Water Story Quiz 1. What are the three sources of Boulder's drinking water?
2. What are the advantages/disadvantages to piping our water from Silver
3. What are the advantages/disadvantages to using Boulder Reservoir as
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4. What is the average rain fall for Boulder?
5. List several ways that you conserve water.
6. We cannot make more water for our use; all the water that is available to use is right here on Earth. Knowing this, what types of actions should we take with regards to water pollution, water quality, and conservation? Return to Boulder Water Supply Story Answers: 1. What are the three sources of Boulder's drinking water? Arapaho Glacier (40%), Barker Reservoir (40%) and the Colorado River via the Colorado-Big Thompson Windy Gap Diversion Project (20%) which is delivered to Boulder Reservoir through the Boulder Feeder Canal from Carter Lake. 2. What are the advantages/disadvantages to piping our water from Silver Lake and Barker to the Betasso Drinking Water Plant? Advantages: Water does not evaporate out of the pipes, and it cannot be contaminated Disadvantages: It is expensive to build and maintain pipelines; pipelines are not beautiful like a flowing stream. 3. What are the advantages/disadvantages to using Boulder Reservoir as a drinking water source and a place for recreation? Advantages: it provides two things-- water and fun-- from the same body of water. Disadvantages: recreation can add pollutants to the water that make it more difficult to treat. 4. What is the average rainfall for Boulder? (14-18 inches/yr.) 5. List several ways that you conserve water. 6. We cannot make more water for our use; all the water that is available to use is right here on Earth. Knowing this, what types of actions should we take with regards to water pollution, water quality, and conservation? |