Water-resources of the Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency area, California
Open-File Report
67-21
By: R. M. Bloyd Jr.
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Abstract
The Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency (AVEK) area, most of which is within the Mojave Desert region of southern California, lacks adequate water resources to sustain the existing rate of ground-water pumpage for irrigation, industrial, and domestic use. However, by 1972 the California Aqueduct, a part of the California Water Plan, will be completed and will begin to convey water from northern California into the area.
The chief economic pursuits in the area are irrigated agriculture and poultry production. At present, the major industries are related to national defense and mining. In the future, industry will increase and probably become the major economic activity.
The Mojave Desert region, part of which lies within the AVEK area, is characterized by fault-block mountains and fault-block basins. The Tehachapi and San Gabriel Mountains are the major bordering fault blocks. The adjacent lowland areas of Antelope and Fremont Valleys have been depressed by movements along major faults. There are two major ground-water basins in the AVEK area: Antelope Valley and Fremont Valley basins. Each large basin is divided by faults or bodies of consolidated rock into several groundwater subunits.
Suggested Citation
Bloyd, R., 1967, Water-resources of the Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency area, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 67-21, Report: v, 69 p.; 4 Plates: 38.03 x 37.66 inches or smaller, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr6721.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
Study Area
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Water-resources of the Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency area, California |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 67-21 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr6721 |
| Year Published | 1967 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | Report: v, 69 p.; 4 Plates: 38.03 x 37.66 inches or smaller |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Other Geospatial | Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency area |