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Water-resources of the Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency area, California

Open-File Report 67-21
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr6721

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Abstract

The Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency (AVEK) area, most of which is within the Mojave Desert region of southern California, lacks adequate water resources to sustain the existing rate of ground-water pumpage for irrigation, industrial, and domestic use. However, by 1972 the California Aqueduct, a part of the California Water Plan, will be completed and will begin to convey water from northern California into the area. The chief economic pursuits in the area are irrigated agriculture and poultry production. At present, the major industries are related to national defense and mining. In the future, industry will increase and probably become the major economic activity. The Mojave Desert region, part of which lies within the AVEK area, is characterized by fault-block mountains and fault-block basins. The Tehachapi and San Gabriel Mountains are the major bordering fault blocks. The adjacent lowland areas of Antelope and Fremont Valleys have been depressed by movements along major faults. There are two major ground-water basins in the AVEK area: Antelope Valley and Fremont Valley basins. Each large basin is divided by faults or bodies of consolidated rock into several groundwater subunits.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Water-resources of the Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency area, California
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 67-21
DOI 10.3133/ofr6721
Year Published 1967
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description Report: v, 69 p.; 4 Plates: 38.03 x 37.66 inches or smaller
Country United States
State California
Other Geospatial Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency area
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