Central Eastside San Joaquin Basin Groundwater Resources Used for Public Supply
Study Unit
- Study Area: Modesto Basin, Uplands Terrace, Turlock Basin, Merced Basin
- Counties Covered: Stanislaus and Merced
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Products
Reports
Groundwater Quality in the Central Eastside San Joaquin Valley, California
Belitz. K., and Landon, M.K., 2010, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2010-3001
Anthropogenic and Geologic Causes of Anomalously High Uranium Concentrations in Groundwater Used for Drinking Water Supply in the Southeastern San Joaquin Valley, CA
Rosen, M.R., Burow, K.R., and Fram, M.S., 2019, Journal of Hydrology, v. 577, article 124009
Assessing the susceptibility to contamination of two aquifer systems used for public water supply in the Modesto and Fresno metropolitan areas, California, 2001 and 2002
Wright, M.T., Belitz, Kenneth, and Johnson, Tyler, 2004, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5149, 35 p.
Delineation of Spatial Extent, Depth, Thickness, and Potential Volume of Aquifers Used for Domestic and Public Water-Supply in the Central Valley, California
Voss, S.A., Jurgens, B.C., Fram, M.S., and Bennett, G.L.V., 2019, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2019-5076, 34 p.
Distribution of reduction-oxidation conditions and changes in nitrate concentrations over time in groundwater, Central-Eastside San Joaquin Valley, California
Landon, M.K., Green, C.T., Belitz, K., Singleton, M.J., and Esser, B.K., 2011, Hydrogeology Journal, v. 19, p. 1203-1224
Effects of Groundwater Development on Uranium: Central Valley, California, USA
Jurgens, B.C., Fram, M.S., Belitz, K., Burow, K.R., and Landon, M.K., 2010, Ground Water, v. 48, no. 6, p. 913-928
Quantifying Anthropogenic Contributions to Century-Scale Groundwater Salinity Changes, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
Hansen, J.A., Jurgens, B., and Fram, M.S., 2018, Science of the Total Environment, v. 642, p. 125-136
Relations of Hydrogeologic Factors, Groundwater Reduction-Oxidation Conditions, and Temporal and Spatial Distributions of Nitrate, Central-Eastside San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
Landon, M.K., Green, C.T., Belitz, K., Singleton, M.J., and Esser, B.K., 2011, Hydrogeology Journal, v. 19, no. 6, p. 1203-1224
Status and Understanding of Groundwater Quality in the Central-Eastside San Joaquin Basin, 2006: California GAMA Priority Basin Project
Landon, M.K., Belitz, K., Jurgens, B.C., Kulongoski, J.T., and Johnson, T.D., 2010, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5266, 97 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
Ground-Water Quality Data in the Central Eastside San Joaquin Basin 2006: Results from the California GAMA Program
Landon, M.K., and Belitz, K., 2008, U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 325
Groundwater Development Leads to Decreasing Arsenic Concentrations in the San Joaquin Valley, California
Haugen, E.A., Jurgens, B.C., Arroyo-Lopez, J.A., and Bennett, G.L., 2021, Science of The Total Environment, Volume 771, 2021, 145223, ISSN 0048-9697
Groundwater-quality data and ancillary data for selected wells in the San Joaquin Valley, California, 1900-2015
Hansen, J.A., Jurgens B.C., and Fram, M.S., 2018, U.S. Geological Survey data release
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
Spatial Point Data Sets and Interpolated Surfaces of Well Construction Characteristics for Domestic and Public Supply Wells in the Central Valley, California, USA
Voss, S.A., and Jurgens, B.C., 2018, U.S. Geological Survey data release
Water quality and ancillary data for assessment of uranium concentrations in groundwater, San Joaquin Valley, CA (ver. 1.1, December, 2019)
Fram, M.S., 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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Orchards in California's Central Valley
Credit: USGS, 2005
Orchards in California's Central Valley
Photo Credit: USGS
Date Taken: 12/12/2005
Dormant fruit trees in orchard with mustard groundcover blooming
Credit: USGS, 2005
Dormant fruit trees in orchard with mustard groundcover blooming
Photo Credit: USGS
Date Taken: 2/1/2005
Grain silos behind a green farm field
Credit: USGS, 2008
Grain silos behind a green farm field
Photo Credit: USGS
Date Taken: 7/14/2008
Orchard, hills, and charred land in Fresno
Credit: USGS, 2005
Orchard, hills, and charred land in Fresno
Photo Credit: USGS
Date Taken: 11/3/2005
Farm surrounded by old wooden fence and trees
Credit: USGS, 2008
Farm surrounded by old wooden fence and trees
Photo Credit: USGS
Date Taken: 4/30/2008
Irrigation canal along a green farm field with fields being irrigated in the distance
Credit: USGS, 2006
Irrigation canal along a green farm field with fields being irrigated in the distance
Photo Credit: USGS
Date Taken: 6/26/2006