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US Geological Survey
Water Quality of the Data Central and West Coast Basins of Los Angeles County 1995 - 2000
Authors: Michael Land, Rhett R. Everett, Steven M, Crawford
The study characterizes the geohydrology and geochemistry of the regional ground-water flow system and provides extensive data for evaluating ground-water management issues. This report is a compilation of geologic, hydrologic, and water-quality data collected from 24 recently constructed multiple-well monitoring sites for the period 1995?2000.
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Ground-Water Quality Data in the Coastal Los Angeles Basin Study Unit, 2006: Results from the California GAMA Program
Authors: Timothy M. Mathany, Michael Land, and Kenneth Belitz
Groundwater in the Central Coast Los Angeles Basin study unit was studied from June to November of 2006. Samples were tested for a large number of synthetic organic constituents sucha as gasoline oxygenates, pesticides, polar pesticides, and pesticide degradates, pharmaceutical compounds, and potential wastewater-indicators.
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Ground-water quality of coastal aquifer systems in the West Coast Basin, Los Angeles County, California, 1999-2002
Authors: Michael Land, Eric G. Reichard, Steven M. Crawford,Rhett R. Everett,Mark W. Newhouse, and Colin F. Williams
A detailed assessment of saline groundwater, isotopic data, borehole electromagnetic conductivity logs and with gamma-ray logs of groundwater from the aquifer of the West Coast Basin.
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State Water Resources Control Board
Basin Plan for the Coastal Watersheds of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties
Author: LA State Water Quality Resources Control Board
Here you can download a series of pdfs of LASWQRCB's Basin plan for the Coastal Watersheds of Los Angles and Ventura Counties
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