Eastern Sacramento Valley and Foothills Groundwater Resources Used for Domestic Supply

Study Unit

  • Study Area: Eastern Sacramento Valley, Foothills
  • Counties Covered: El Dorado, Placer, Amador, Calaveras, Alpine and Sacramento

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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

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.

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

Groundwater Quality in the Mokelumne, Cosumnes, and American River Watersheds, Sierra Nevada, California

Fram, M.S., and Shelton, J.L., 2018, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2018-1047, 4 p.

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

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 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

Groundwater-quality data in the Mokelumne, Cosumnes, and American River Watersheds Shallow Aquifer Study Unit, 2016-2017: Results from the California GAMA Priority Basin Project

Shelton, J.L., Fram, M.S., Goldrath, D.A., Bennett, G.L., V, and Jasper, M., 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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Dormant fruit trees in orchard with mustard groundcover blooming

Dormant fruit trees in orchard with mustard groundcover blooming

Credit: USGS, 2005

Orchards in California's Central Valley

Orchards in California's Central Valley

Credit: USGS, 2005