South Coast Interior Basins Groundwater Resources Used for Public Supply

Study Unit

  • Study Area: Livermore, Gilroy, Cuyama
  • Counties Covered: Santa Clara, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, and a small portion of Kern

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Products

Reports

Groundwater Quality in the South Coast Interior Basins, California

Parsons, M.C., and Belitz, K., 2014, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2013-3088, 4 p.

Data

Groundwater-quality data in 12 GAMA study units: Results from the 2006–10 initial sampling period and the 2008–13 trend sampling period, California GAMA Priority Basin Project

Mathany, T.M., 2017, U.S. Geological Survey Data Series Report 1038

Groundwater-quality data in the South Coast Interior Basins study unit, 2008: Results from the California GAMA program

Mathany, T.M., Kulongski, J.T., Ray, M.C., and Belitz, Kenneth, 2009, U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 463, 82 p.

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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Altamont Pass Wind Farm

Altamont Pass Wind Farm

Credit: Todd Katzner, USGS, 2016

Cuyama Valley with desert vegetation in the foreground

Cuyama Valley with desert vegetation in the foreground

Credit: USGS, 2008