Monterey Bay and Salinas Valley Basins Groundwater Resources Used for Public Supply

Study Unit

  • Study Area: Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, Salinas Valley, Paso Robles
  • Counties Covered: San Luis Obispo, Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito

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Monterey Bay and Salinas Valley Basins Groundwater Resources Used for Public Supply

Products

Reports

Comparing Groundwater Quality in Public-Supply and Shallow Aquifers in the Monterey Bay and Salinas Valley Basins, California

Burton, C.A., 2018, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2018-3078, 4 p.

Groundwater Quality in the Monterey Bay and Salinas Valley Groundwater Basins, California

Kulongoski, J.T., and Belitz, K., 2011, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2011-3089, 4 p.

Status and Understanding of Groundwater Quality in the Monterey Bay and Salinas Valley Basins, 2005: California GAMA Priority Basin Project

Kulongoski, J.T., Belitz, K., Landon, M.K., and Farrar, C.D., 2011, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5058, 60 p.

Variations on a Method for Evaluating Decadal-Scale Changes in the Groundwater Quality of Two GAMA Coastal Study Units 2004-14, California GAMA Priority Basin Project

Kent, R., 2018, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2018-5088, 90 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

California Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) Program Shallow Aquifer Assessment Study Unit Grid Cells for Assessment of Groundwater Resources

Watson, E. and Johnson, T.D., 2021, U.S. Geological Survey data release

Data sets for: Variations on a method for evaluating decadal-scale changes in the groundwater quality of two GAMA coastal study units 2004-2014, California GAMA Priority Basin Project

Kent, R.H., 2018, U.S. Geological Survey data release

Ground-water quality data in the Monterey Bay and Salinas Valley Basins, California, 2005: results from the California GAMA Program

Kulongoski, J.T. and Belitz, K., 2007, U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 258

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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Near San Simeon, view looks north up Highway 1 along the California coast toward Big Sur

Near San Simeon, view looks north up Highway 1 along the California coast toward Big Sur

Credit: Shawn Harrison, USGS, 2017

Well owner observing a USGS scientist sample a groundwater well.

Well owner observing a USGS scientist sample a groundwater well.

Credit: USGS, 2006