Borrego Valley, Central Desert, and Low-Use Basins of the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts Groundwater Resources Used for Public Supply

Study Unit

  • Study Area: Low Use Basins, Central Desert Basin, and Borrego Basin
  • Counties Covered: San Bernardino, Kern, Los Angeles, Riverside San Diego and Imperial counties

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Borrego Valley, Central Desert, and Low-Use Basins of the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts Groundwater Resources Used for Public Supply Borrego Valley, Central Desert, and Low-Use Basins of the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts Groundwater Resources Used for Public Supply Borrego Valley, Central Desert, and Low-Use Basins of the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts Groundwater Resources Used for Public Supply

Products

Reports

Groundwater Quality in the Borrego Valley, Central Desert, and Low-Use Basins of the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts, California

Parsons, M.C., and Belitz, K., 2014, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2014-3001, 4 p.

Status of Groundwater Quality in the Borrego Valley, Central Desert, and Low-Use Basins of the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts Study Unit, 2008–2010: California GAMA Priority Basin Project

Parsons, M.C., Hancock, T.C., Kulongoski, J.T., and Belitz, K., 2014, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2014-5001, 88 p.

Data

Blank results for trace-element data collected for the California Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) Program Priority Basin Project, October 2009–October 2018

Bennett, G.L., 2020, U.S. Geological Survey data release

Groundwater-quality data in the Borrego Valley, Central Desert, and Low-Use Basins of the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts study unit, 2008–2010—Results from the California GAMA Program

Mathany, T.M., Wright, M.T., Beuttel, B.S., and Belitz, Kenneth, 2012, U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 659, 100 p.

Pesticide Constituent Data from the California Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment Program Priority Basin Project (GAMA-PBP), 2004 - 2018

Lor, V., Balkan, M., and Stork, S.V., 2019, U.S. Geological Survey data release

Water use information for sites sampled by the California Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment Program Priority Basin Project (GAMA-PBP), 2004-2021 (ver. 3.0, October 2023)

Stork, S.V., and Fram, M.S., 2021, U.S. Geological Survey data release

Photos

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Dry river bed running through Burnt Canyon

Dry river bed running through Burnt Canyon

Credit: USGS, 2007

High desert scrub landscape at groundwater well, Anza Valley

High desert scrub landscape at groundwater well, Anza Valley

Credit: USGS, 2013

All American Canal

All American Canal

Credit: Michael T. Land, USGS, 2018