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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Central Eastside San Joaquin Basin Groundwater Resources Used for Public Supply

Products

Reports

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.

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

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

Dormant fruit trees in orchard with mustard groundcover blooming

Credit: USGS, 2005

Grain silos behind a green farm field

Credit: USGS, 2008

Orchard, hills, and charred land in Fresno

Credit: USGS, 2005

Farm surrounded by old wooden fence and trees

Credit: USGS, 2008

Irrigation canal along a green farm field with fields being irrigated in the distance

Credit: USGS, 2006