Coastal Los Angeles Basin Groundwater Resources Used for Public Supply

Study Unit

  • Study Area: Santa Monica Basin, Hollywood Basin, Central Basin, West Coast Basin, Orange County Coastal Plain
  • Counties Covered: Los Angeles and Orange

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Coastal Los Angeles Basin Groundwater Resources Used for Public Supply

Products

Reports

Groundwater Quality in the Coastal Los Angeles Basin, California

Fram, M.S., and Belitz, K., 2012, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2012-3096, 4 p.

Status of Groundwater Quality in the Coastal Los Angeles Basin, 2006: California GAMA Priority Basin Project

Goldrath, D.A., Fram, M.S., Land, M.T., and Belitz, K., 2012, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5048, 64 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 Coastal Los Angeles Basin Study Unit, 2006: Results from the California GAMA Program

Mathany, T.M., Land, M., and Belitz, K., 2009, U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 387

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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View south over Los Angeles Basin from the Angeles Crest Highway

View south over Los Angeles Basin from the Angeles Crest Highway

Credit: USGS, 2011