Status and Understanding of Groundwater Quality in the Santa Clara River Valley, 2007

Status and Understanding of Groundwater Quality in the Santa Clara River Valley, 2007
Author: Carmen A. Burton
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2014-07-10
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781500479411
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The Santa Clara River Valley (SCRV) study unit is located in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, California, and is bounded by the Santa Monica, San Gabriel, Topatopa, and Santa Ynez Mountains, and the Pacific Ocean. The 460-square-mile study unit includes eight groundwater basins: Ojai Valley, Upper Ojai Valley, Ventura River Valley, Santa Clara River Valley, Pleasant Valley, Arroyo Santa Rosa Valley, Las Posas Valley, and Simi Valley (California Department of Water Resources, 2003; Montrella and Belitz, 2009). The SCRV study unit has hot, dry summers and cool, moist winters. Average annual rainfall ranges from 12 to 28 inches. The study unit is drained by the Ventura and Santa Clara Rivers, and Calleguas Creek.

Status and Understanding of Groundwater Quality in the San Francisco Bay Groundwater Basins, 2007

Status and Understanding of Groundwater Quality in the San Francisco Bay Groundwater Basins, 2007
Author: Mary C. Parsons
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 86
Release: 2014-07-11
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781500495534
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The San Francisco Bay study unit is approximately 620 square miles and consists of the Marina, Lobos, Downtown, Islais Valley, South San Francisco, Visitacion Valley, Westside, and the Santa Clara Valley groundwater basins (California Department of Water Resources, 2003). These basins were grouped into one study area primarily on the basis of geography (Ray and others, 2009).