Ground water in San Joaquin Valley, California (1916) (14595825717)

Identifier: groundwaterinsan00mend (find matches)

Title: Ground water in San Joaquin Valley, California

Year: 1916 (1910s)

Authors: Mendenhall, Walter C. (Walter Curran), 1871-1957 Stabler, Herman, 1880- Dole, Richard B. (Richard Bryant), 1880-1917

Subjects: Water-supply

Publisher: Washington : Govt. Print. Off.

Contributing Library: The Library of Congress

Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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and parallel toUV, permit location of the contact (cc) with fair degree of proba-bility at an average depth of 170 feet. In the section representedby YZ, 3 miles east of and parallel to WX, the influence of the lacus-trine deposits does not appear. The sulphate water in one well nearHanford probably comes from a small spot of alkali. The shallowwells in the southern part of this section are affected by the sedimentsof different character in Kern County. TOTAL MINERAL CONTENT OF WATERS. Additional evidence that the highly mineralized condition of theaquifers under the lake is caused by saline residues is afforded by theresults of other tests besides those for sulphate. All excessiveamounts of chloride and bicarbonate in ground waters near the lakewere found either west of or almost exactly in the position indicatedby bb (PL III), a fact indicating that bb represents the eastern limitof the zone of highly mineralized waters and also indicating concen- CONDITIONS ABOUND CULABE LAKE. 107

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SECTION Q-T 5 10 15 Ground waters contain less than400 parts per million of total solids Location of bottom of well.Number represents total- solids of its water o. —at Eastern limit of ground water known to contain much sulphate b— b Western limit of ground water Known to containvery little sulphate c —c Probable junction of waters high and low in sulphate d ^Probablewestern limitof water impregnated with mineral matter by deposits inthe basin of Tulare Lake Figure 3.—Cross sections showing mineral content of ground water in the vicinity of Tulare Lake. 108 GROUND WATER IN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. tration and deposition from highly saline solutions as the causes ofthe impregnation of the shallow waters with mineral matter. The relation of the total mineral content of the waters to theprobable boundaries of the old lake basin is graphically summarizedin figure 3. The boundaries aa, bb, cc, and dd in these foursections are those shown in Plate III, but the figures give the calculated

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