| Abstract: | This report presents a preliminary evaluation of the geohydrologic factors affecting storage of water by artificial recharge in the upper Coachella Valley, Calif. The ground-water basin of the upper Coachella Valley seems to be geologically suitable for large-scale artificial recharge. A minimum of 900 ,000 acre-feet of water could probably be stored in the basin without raising basinwide water levels above those that existed in 1945. Preliminary tests indicate that a long-term artificial recharge rate of 5 feet per day may be feasible for spreading grounds in the basin if such factors as sediment and bacterial clogging can be controlled. The California Department of Water Resources, through the Future Water Supply Program, is investigating the use of ground-water basins for storage of State Water Project water in order to help meet maximum annual entitlements to water project contractors. (USGS) |
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| ProdID: | 23788 |
| Citation Author: | Mallory, Michael J.; Swain, Lindsay A.; Tyley, Stephen J. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iv, 26 p. :maps ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
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| Citation Series Number: | 80-599 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Potential for using the Upper Coachella Valley ground-water basin, California, for storage of artificially recharged water; 1980; OFR; 80-599; Mallory, Michael J.; Swain, Lindsay A.; Tyley, Stephen J. |
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| Text: | Potential for using the Upper Coachella Valley ground-water basin, California, for storage of artificially recharged water; 1980; OFR; 80-599; Mallory, Michael J.; Swain, Lindsay A.; Tyley, Stephen J. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/usgs_thumb.jpg |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
