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1949 Salinas Basin Investigation, Basic Data Used In Bulletins 52, 52-A And 52-B
1949 Salinas Basin Investigation, Basic Data Used In Bulletins 52, 52-A And 52-B
State and Federal Documents Relating to Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties
The 1949 Salinas Basin Investigation - Basic Data publication presented the previously unpublished basic data supporting the analyses and conclusions in Bulletins 52, 52-A and 52-B. The documents includes well descriptions in Salinas Valley, water levels at wells, quality of water, water levels at wells, quality of water, well logs, and maps depicting lands irrigated in Salinas Valley in 1945.
1950 Salinas Basin Investigation - Basic Data (1948-1950)
1950 Salinas Basin Investigation - Basic Data (1948-1950)
State and Federal Documents Relating to Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties
This supplemental report contains basic data collected between September 1948 and April 1950 on measurements of water levels at wells and quality of water checks as it related to the saline intrusion into groundwater located in the lower Salinas Basin, previously presented in Bulletins 52, 52-A and 52-B.
1946 Salinas Basin Investigation Summary Report, Bulletin No. 52-B
1946 Salinas Basin Investigation Summary Report, Bulletin No. 52-B
State and Federal Documents Relating to Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties
This joint 1946 18-month investigation of the Salinas Basin by the State Department of Water Resources and the County of Monterey deals with conditions in the lower Salinas River Basin near Monterey Bay due to saline water intrusion into the groundwater supply that was utilized for irrigation, domestic and industrial purposes. The report discusses the history of the basin, a description of the Salinas Valley, sub-basins, inflow and outflow, crops, wells, percolation, underground hydrology, quality of water, evaluation of water problem, methods of conservation, proposed solution and legal considerations.
1957 May - Fifth Supplement To Bulletin 52-A, Salinas Basin Investigation, Basic Data 1954-1955
1957 May - Fifth Supplement To Bulletin 52-A, Salinas Basin Investigation, Basic Data 1954-1955
State and Federal Documents Relating to Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties
The May 1957 fifth supplement to the Salinas Basin Investigation, Bulletin 52-A, contains basic hydrologic data for the period of spring 1954 through fall 1955.
1907 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1906
1907 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1906
Miscellaneous Documents and Reports
1907 report on various subjects pertaining to the California State Agricultural Society in 1906, copies of some of the bulletins issued by the Society during the year, and a review of the physical conditions and characteristics of most of the counties of the State, with statistics showing the farm acreage, the assessable wealth, and industrial resources for those counties.
1945 - Irrigation Requirements Of California Crops, Bulletin No. 51
1945 - Irrigation Requirements Of California Crops, Bulletin No. 51
Miscellaneous Documents and Reports
This 1945 report addresses the issue of water being the limiting factor in the expansion of irrigated areas. The increasing cost of new projects not only approached the capital values that newly irrigated lands might profitably support but in many cases exceeded them and other benefits were evaluated to justify construction. Conservation of existing water supplies was therefore of the first importance in the economy of the irrigated west. Savings in irrigation seldom exist where water was plentiful but where it was scarce conserving methods were the rule, wasteful practices were avoided, and water was carefully applied. It was axiomatic …