Kern County Sub-Basin Groundwater Resources Used for Public Supply
Study Unit
- Study Area: Kern Basin
- Counties Covered: Kern
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Products
Reports
Groundwater Quality in the Kern County Subbasin, California
Burton, C.A., and Belitz, K., 2012, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2011-3150, 4 p.
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
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
Status and Understanding of Groundwater Quality in the Two Southern San Joaquin Valley Study Units, 2005-2006: California GAMA Priority Basin Project
Burton, C.A., Shelton, J.L., and Belitz, K., 2012, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5218, 150 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 Kern County Subbasin Study Unit, 2006: Results from the California GAMA Program
Shelton, J.L., Pimentel, I., Fram, M.S. and Belitz, K., 2008, U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 337, 75 p.
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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USGS scientists measuring a groundwater well on a farm with irrigated fields in the background near Edison
Credit: USGS, 2006
USGS scientists measuring a groundwater well on a farm with irrigated fields in the background near Edison
Photo Credit: USGS
Date Taken: 2/27/2006
Oil fields near Taft, California
Credit: USGS, 2006
Oil fields near Taft, California
Photo Credit: USGS
Date Taken: 1/9/2006