Status and Understanding of Groundwater Quality in the Monterey Bay and Salinas Valley Basins, 2005

Download or read book Status and Understanding of Groundwater Quality in the Monterey Bay and Salinas Valley Basins, 2005 written by Justin T. Kulongoski and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-07-10 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Monterey-Salinas study unit is nearly 1,000 square miles and consists of the Santa Cruz Purisima Formation Highlands, Felton Area, Scotts Valley, Soquel Valley, West Santa Cruz Terrace, Salinas Valley, Pajaro Valley, and Carmel Valley groundwater basins (California Department of Water Resources, 2003; Kulongski and Belitz, 2011). These basins were grouped into four study areas based primarily on geography. Groundwater basins in the north were grouped into the Santa Cruz study area, and those to the south were grouped into the Monterey Bay, the Salinas Valley, and the Paso Robles study areas (Kulongoski and others, 2007).