Tahoe-Martis, Central Sierra, and Southern Sierra Groundwater Resources Used for Public Supply

Study Unit

  • Study Area: Central Sierra, Southern Sierra, Tahoe-Martis
  • Counties Covered: Nevada, Placer, El Dorado, Madera, Tulare, and Kern

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Tahoe-Martis, Central Sierra, and Southern Sierra Groundwater Resources Used for Public Supply Tahoe-Martis, Central Sierra, and Southern Sierra Groundwater Resources Used for Public Supply Tahoe-Martis, Central Sierra, and Southern Sierra Groundwater Resources Used for Public Supply

Products

Reports

Groundwater Quality in the Central Sierra Nevada, California

Fram, M.S., and Belitz, K., 2012, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2012-3010, 4 p.

Groundwater Quality in the Southern Sierra Nevada, California

Fram, M.S., and Belitz, K., 2012, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2012-3011, 4 p.

Groundwater Quality in the Tahoe and Martis Basins, California

Fram, M.S., and Belitz, K., 2012, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2011-3143, 4 p.

Status and Understanding of Groundwater Quality in the Tahoe-Martis, Central Sierra, and Southern Sierra Study Units, 2006-2007: California GAMA Priority Basin Project

Fram, M.S., and Belitz, K., 2012, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5216, 222 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 Central Sierra Study Unit, 2006: Results from the California GAMA Program

Ferrari, M.J., Fram, M.S., and Belitz, K., 2008, U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 335

Ground-water quality data in the Southern Sierra study unit, 2006: Results from the California GAMA program

Fram, M.S. and Belitz, K., 2007, U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 301

Groundwater quality data for the Tahoe-Martis study unit, 2007: Results from the California GAMA Program

Fram, M.S., Munday, Cathy, and Belitz, Kenneth, 2009, U.S. Geological survey Data Series 432, 88 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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Lake Tahoe from Kings Beach with mountains in the background

Lake Tahoe from Kings Beach with mountains in the background

Credit: USGS, 2007

Dock at Kings Beach, Lake Tahoe

Dock at Kings Beach, Lake Tahoe

Credit: USGS, 2007

Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe

Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe

Credit: USGS, 2017

Looking across Lake Tahoe to the smoke plume from the Angora fire

Looking across Lake Tahoe to the smoke plume from the Angora fire

Credit: USGS, 2007