South Coast Range Coastal Basins Groundwater Resources Used for Public Supply

Study Unit

  • Study Area: South Coast Range Coastal
  • Counties Covered: San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara

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South Coast Range Coastal Basins Groundwater Resources Used for Public Supply

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.

Groundwater Quality in the South Coast Range Coastal Groundwater Basins, California

Burton, C.A., and Belitz, K., 2013, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2013-3015, 4 p.

Status and Understanding of Groundwater Quality in the South Coast Interior Groundwater Basins, 2008: California GAMA Priority Basin Project

Parsons, M.C., Kulongoski, J.T., and Belitz, K., 2014, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2014-5023, 68 p.

Status and Understanding of Groundwater Quality in the South Coast Range-Coastal Study Unit, 2008: California GAMA Priority Basin Project

Burton, C.A., Land, M.T., and Belitz, K., 2013, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2013-5053, 86 p.

Tectonic Activity as a Significant Source of Crustal Tetrafluoromethane Emissions to the Atmosphere: Observations in Groundwaters Along the San Andreas Fault

Deeds, D.A., Kulongoski, J.T., Muhle, J., and Weiss, R.F., 2015, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 412, p. 163-172

Volatile Fluxes through the Big Bend Section of the San Andreas Fault, California: Helium and Carbon-Dioxide Systematics

Kulongoski, J.T., Hilton, D.R., Barry, P.H., Bradley, K.E., Hillegonds, D.J., and Belitz, K., 2012, Chemical Geology, v. 339, p. 92-103

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-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.

Groundwater-Quality Data in the South Coast Range-Coastal Study Unit, 2008: Results from the California GAMA Program

Mathany, T.M., Burton, C.A., Land, M., and Belitz, K., 2010, U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 504, 106 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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Algae in creek along the central coast

Algae in creek along the central coast

Credit: USGS, 2004

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

Cuyama Valley with desert vegetation in the foreground

Cuyama Valley with desert vegetation in the foreground

Credit: USGS, 2008