Quality of Groundwater Used for Domestic Supply in the Northern San Joaquin Valley, California
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- Document: Report (2.5 MB pdf) , XML
- Data Release: USGS data release - Groundwater-quality data in the Northern San Joaquin Valley Domestic-Supply Aquifer Study Unit, 2019: Results from the California GAMA Priority Basin Project
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Abstract
Groundwater provides more than 40 percent of California’s drinking water. To protect this vital resource, the State of California created the Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) Program. The Priority Basin Project (PBP) of the GAMA Program provides a comprehensive assessment of the State’s groundwater quality and provides increased public access to groundwater-quality information. Private domestic and small-system drinking-water wells in the Northern San Joaquin Valley (NSJV) were the target for this assessment. These wells tend to pump water from shallower parts of alluvial aquifers compared to deeper, long-screened public-supply wells in the region.
Suggested Citation
Levy, Z.F., Balkan, M., and Shelton, J.L., 2021, Quality of groundwater used for domestic supply in the northern San Joaquin Valley, California: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2021-3040, 4 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20213040.
ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)
ISSN: 2327-6916 (print)
Study Area
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Quality of groundwater used for domestic supply in the northern San Joaquin Valley, California |
| Series title | Fact Sheet |
| Series number | 2021-3040 |
| DOI | 10.3133/fs20213040 |
| Year Published | 2021 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | California Water Science Center |
| Description | 4 p. |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Other Geospatial | Northern San Joaquin Valley |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Google Analytic Metrics | Metrics page |