Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Skip to content

Water use information for sites sampled by the California Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment Program Priority Basin Project (GAMA-PBP), 2004-2022 (ver. 2.0, September 2022)

Metadata Updated: July 6, 2024

The U.S. Geological Survey collected water-quality samples from 3,199 sites between May 2004 and April 2022 for the California Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment Program Priority Basin Project (GAMA-PBP). The GAMA-PBP is a cooperative project with the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB). The primary objectives of the GAMA-PBP are: (1) to assess the quality of groundwater resources used for public and domestic drinking water supplies, (2) to develop understanding of the natural and anthropogenic processes controlling groundwater quality and changes in groundwater quality, and (3) to improve the availability and usefulness of groundwater quality information to public. This data release publishes site type information and a generalized use category for the sites. The dataset comprises 3,053 wells, 81 springs, and 65 other types of sites. The generalized use category is partially derived from, but is not equivalent to, the use of site and use of water fields from the USGS National Water Information System (NWIS) data archive. Of the 2,903 wells and springs from which water is withdrawn for use, 1,651 are classified as production (includes sites used for public, commercial, industrial, institutional, and desalination water supplies), 973 as domestic, 264 as irrigation, and 15 as other water supply uses. Of the remaining sites, 225 are classified as observation wells, 6 are wells and springs from which water is withdrawn and not used, 63 are distribution system taps, and 2 are other types of sites. GAMA-PBP data are also served to the public through the SWRCB's GAMA Groundwater Information System (GAMAGIS), along with data from other federal, state, and local agency sources, and the generalized use categories in this data release are compatible with the use categories in SWRCB GAMAGIS. Prior to publication of this data release, SWRCB GAMAGIS classified all GAMA-PBP sites as "municipal", which resulted in erroneous characterization of approximately half of the sites. The generalized classification provided in this data release greatly improves the accuracy of site characterization, while still complying with Federal policies concerning release of location information for some types of sites. Version 1.0 posted September 29, 2021 Version 2.0 posted August 31, 2022 Changes in Version 2.0 1) A total of 143 sites were added to the data release. Seventy-one (71) sites were sampled for the first time by the GAMA-PBP between July 2021 and April 2022 after publication of Version 1.0 of this data release. Seventy-two (72) sites were sampled prior to publication of Version 1.0, but were inadvertently omitted. 2) A new Site_Type, DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, was added, and a process step was added to describe how and why it is used. Of the 72 sites omitted from Version 1.0, 63 were distribution system sites sampled in 2012-2013. 3) The GAMAIDs for two sites were corrected. Site 342959117133002 is S8-MOBSU-U09 (given as S8-MOBSU-U10 in Version 1.0), and Site 342959117133003 is S8-MOBSU-U10 (given as S8-MOBSU-U09 in Version 1.0) 4) A second GAMAID was added to seven WELL sites that were also sampled as DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM sites under a different GAMAID but the same USGS Site_Number (363700121500001, 365425121452201, 354000120410001, 354501120413301,354911120452701, 360600121000001, 361631121112001) 5) The USE_CATEGORY for 8 sites was changed for consistency with how use of those sites is described elsewhere. Three natural springs and one unused well were changed from the category OTHER to the category OBSERVATION (413600122240001, 383548122360601, 382925122294901, 373738119045501). Four wells were changed from category WATER SUPPLY, OTHER (364800118110001, 382307122311301) or category OBSERVATION (382702122423701, 365000120450001) to category PRODUCTION to reflect that the sites are standby or not currently in use but when the water is used, the use is in the PRODUCTION category. 6) References were added to the process steps to provide the users with links for accessing the water-quality and other data associated with the sites listed in this data release. 7) The counts of site types in the text of the Abstract and Purpose were updated. Version 1.0 can be obtained by request from M.S. Fram (mfram@usgs.gov)

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

Downloads & Resources

Dates

Metadata Created Date June 1, 2023
Metadata Updated Date July 6, 2024

Metadata Source

Harvested from DOI EDI

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date June 1, 2023
Metadata Updated Date July 6, 2024
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Maintainer
@Id http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/ac3903548b17e6cca96ba70ea4bbf5b4
Identifier USGS:6108da82d34ef8d705661462
Data Last Modified 20220902
Category geospatial
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 010:12
Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
Metadata Catalog ID https://datainventory.doi.gov/data.json
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
Harvest Object Id 92357fb0-946f-4ac3-a9fe-64472ac5fa3a
Harvest Source Id 52bfcc16-6e15-478f-809a-b1bc76f1aeda
Harvest Source Title DOI EDI
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial -124.39,32.53,-114.12,42.0
Publisher Hierarchy White House > U.S. Department of the Interior > U.S. Geological Survey
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash aa0283a557ca189a6e473d2c3499a88628de52ca3d36b07e9583e13b0ad989f7
Source Schema Version 1.1
Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": -124.39, 32.53, -124.39, 42.0, -114.12, 42.0, -114.12, 32.53, -124.39, 32.53}

Didn't find what you're looking for? Suggest a dataset here.