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Water and Power Assignment

Water and Power Assignment

Q Module 3- Water & Power: A California Heist Viewing Guide Water and Power: A California Heist is available to view on multiple streaming services. Please watch the film and answer the following questions. 1. What town was without water in 2015? How did residents adjust their lives to live without water? 2. How has the agriculture industry fared during the drought? 3. Where does most of the rain in California fall? 4. Where do most of the people in California live? 5. What are the Monterrey amendments? Who were the players? (Hint: you can come back to this question after watching the full documentary) 6. What is a groundwater bank? 7. Who controls 58% of the Kern Water Bank? 8. How do the residents of Lost Hills feel about their water? 9. Do you drink your tap water? Why or why not? 10. Agriculture makes up ____% of the economy and uses ____% of the water. 11. What is subsidence? 12. According to the film, why are the big players buying up land in Paso Robles? 13. Is groundwater a sustainable resource? 14. What is SGMA? When will it be fully implemented?

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The town that was without water in 2015 was Tulare County. Since three and half years people of that town was surviving without water. They have to howl their water from the fire station, they use paper plates as they have not enough water to wash dishes. People of that time are battling for water every day in order to survive ("Watch Water and Power: A California Heist | Prime Video", 2017). As mentioned in the movie, agriculture has recorded record crops each and every year for the past four years in the midst of the drought ("Watch Water and Power: A California Heist | Prime Video", 2017).