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Geologic, hydrologic, and water-quality data from multiple-well monitoring sites in the Bunker Hill and Yucaipa Groundwater Subbasins, San Bernardino County, California, 1974–2016

Data Series 1096
Prepared in cooperation with the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District
By: , , , and 
https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1096

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Abstract

In 1974, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District, initiated a study to assess the regional groundwater resources in the Bunker Hill Subbasin of the Upper Santa Ana Valley Groundwater Basin in San Bernardino County, California. The study area expanded east into the Yucaipa Subbasin in 1996. This report compiles the geologic (borehole lithology and geophysical logs) and hydrologic (water-quality and water-level) data collected from 1974–2016 for 11 multiple-well monitoring sites (48 individual wells) constructed by the USGS in the Bunker Hill (7 sites) and Yucaipa (4 sites) Groundwater Subbasins.

Approximately 240 water-quality samples from the 11 sites were analyzed for constituents including major and minor ions, nutrients, selected trace elements, organic wastewater compounds (OWCs), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), pesticides and pesticide degradates, the stable isotopes of hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, and the radiogenic isotopes of tritium and carbon-14. All environmental data associated with these sites are available on the project web page for the San Bernardino Optimal Basin Management study (https://ca.water.usgs.gov/sanbern/) and the Yucaipa Valley Hydrogeology study (https://ca.water.usgs.gov/yucaipa/).

Quality-assurance blank samples were processed periodically throughout the study and show that approximately 2.4 percent of the analytical results for major and minor ions, trace elements, and nutrients, and 1.5 percent of the results for VOCs fall below the acceptable study reporting limits and therefore are censored.

Suggested Citation

Mendez, G.O., Anders, R., McPherson, K.R., and Danskin, W.R., 2018, Geologic, hydrologic, and water-quality data from multiple-well monitoring sites in the Bunker Hill and Yucaipa Groundwater Subbasins, San Bernardino County, California, 1974–2016 (ver 1.1): U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1096, 215 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1096.

ISSN: 2327-638X (online)

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Table of Contents

  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Description of Study Area
  • Methods
  • Geologic, Hydrologic, and Water-Quality Data Collection
  • Water-Quality Data Analysis
  • Quality Assurance/Quality Control
  • Summary
  • References Cited
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Geologic, hydrologic, and water-quality data from multiple-well monitoring sites in the Bunker Hill and Yucaipa Groundwater Subbasins, San Bernardino County, California, 1974–2016
Series title Data Series
Series number 1096
DOI 10.3133/ds1096
Edition Version 1.1: November 2018; Version 1.0: October 2018
Year Published 2018
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) California Water Science Center
Description viii, 215 p.
Time Range Start 1974-01-01
Time Range End 2016-12-31
Country United States
State California
County San Bernardino County
Online Only (Y/N) Y
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