Geologic Influences on the Quality of Groundwater Used for Domestic Supply in the Northern Sierra Nevada Foothills
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- Related Work: Scientific Investigations Report 2021-5019 - Status and Understanding of Groundwater Quality in the Northern Sierra Nevada Foothills Domestic-Supply Aquifer Study Units, 2015–17: California GAMA Priority Basin Project
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Abstract
Approximately 2 million California residents depend on groundwater from domestic wells for their drinking-water supply. The State of California, in collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey, created the Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment Program Priority Basin Project (GAMA-PBP) to assess the quality of groundwater used for domestic supply throughout the state and determine regional vulnerabilities to drinking-water resources. Many rural households in the northern Sierra Nevada foothills (hereafter referred to as “the foothills”) use domestic wells that pump water from fractured-bedrock aquifers. In the foothills, complicated and varied regional bedrock geology can cause substantial variation in groundwater chemistry and quality over relatively short distances. This factsheet presents findings from the GAMA-PBP assessment that highlight influences of geologic factors on groundwater quality in the foothills.
Suggested Citation
Levy, Z.F. and Fram, M.S., 2021, Geologic influences on the quality of groundwater used for domestic supply in the northern Sierra Nevada Foothills: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2021-3013, 4 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20213013.
ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)
ISSN: 2327-6916 (print)
Study Area
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Geologic influences on the quality of groundwater used for domestic supply in the northern Sierra Nevada Foothills |
| Series title | Fact Sheet |
| Series number | 2021-3013 |
| DOI | 10.3133/fs20213013 |
| Year Published | 2021 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | California Water Science Center |
| Description | 4 p. |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Other Geospatial | Sierra Nevada foothills |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Google Analytic Metrics | Metrics page |