Owens Valley and Indian Wells Groundwater Resources Used for Public Supply
Study Unit
- Study Area: Owens, Indian Wells
- Counties Covered: Inyo, Kern, Mono, and San Bernardino
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Products
Reports
Groundwater Quality in the Indian Wells Valley, California
Dawson, B.J.M., and Belitz, K., 2012, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2012-3035, 4 p.
Groundwater Quality in the Owens Valley, California
Dawson, B.J.M., and Belitz, K., 2012, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2012-3032, 4 p.
Status of Groundwater Quality in the California Desert Region, 2006–2008: California GAMA Priority Basin Project
Dawson, B.J.M., and Belitz, K., 2012, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5040, 110 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 Owens and Indian Wells Valleys study unit, 2006: Results from the California GAMA program
Densmore, J.N., Fram, M.S., and Belitz, Kenneth, 2009, U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 427, 86 p.
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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Drill Rig Tender staged for an early morning departure from Lone Pine after drilling a multiple-completion groundwater-monitoring well in Centennial Flats for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Credit: Rhett Everett, USGS, 2020
Drill Rig Tender staged for an early morning departure from Lone Pine after drilling a multiple-completion groundwater-monitoring well in Centennial Flats for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Photo Credit: Rhett Everett, USGS
Date Taken: 9/13/2020
View of Glass Creek flow from Highway 395 looking toward the west; the crest of the Sierra Nevada towers above.
Credit: D.Y. Venezky, USGS, 2009
View of Glass Creek flow from Highway 395 looking toward the west; the crest of the Sierra Nevada towers above.
Photo Credit: D.Y. Venezky, USGS
Date Taken: 9/17/2009
Mono Lake from Mt. Dana
Credit: Flickr, 2008
Mono Lake from Mt. Dana
Photo Credit: Flickr
Date Taken: 7/5/2008
View up valley near Mt Whitney
Credit: USGS, 2006
View up valley near Mt Whitney
Photo Credit: USGS
Date Taken: 9/14/2006
View of eastern Sierra from Owens Valley
Credit: USGS, 2006
View of eastern Sierra from Owens Valley
Photo Credit: USGS
Date Taken: 9/14/2006