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UC Davis Groundwater Web Page
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VIDEO BLOGS:
Video: Water - we need it, the cows need it, the crops need it. Where do we get it from?
Video: UC groundwater scientist studies aquifers beneath valley dairies (UCANR-link)
Video: Can we blame the cows for pollutants in groundwater? - Part 1
Video: Can we blame the cows for pollutants in groundwater? - Part 2
Blog: RANDOM GROUNDWATER NOTES


EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS:

Watersheds, Groundwater, and Drinking Water: A Practical Guide
The materials were developed together with the California Department of Public Health, which is spearheading California's Drinking Water Source Assessment and Protection program. The 274-page book (Book Preview)offers an easy-to-read introduction to all basic topics of watershed and groundwater hydrology and to managing and protecting our water resources and drinking water. The peer-reviewed, full-color handbook is available through UC ANR publications. Regular price - only $40.

The draft booklets offered during the 2002 shortcourse series are available below as PDF files. The booklets provide an introduction to groundwater and watershed hydrology, and to the California Drinking Water Source Assessment Program

(Note: These are relatively large PDF files and may take several minutes to download. Those not available as links can be obtained as PDF files by sending an email request. Please specify the title):

• Surface Water Hydrology and Watersheds (2.4MB file)
• Groundwater Hydrology (11 MB file)
• Water Law in California (6.7 MB file)
• Surface Water Quality (13.3 MB file)
• Groundwater Contaminants and Sources (5.6 MB file)
• Transport and Fate of Surface Water Contaminants (13.3 MB file)
• Transport and Fate of Groundwater Contaminants (5.7 MB file)
• Water Sampling and Monitoring (6.0 MB file)
• Delineating Surface Water Sources and Protection Zones (1.2 MB file)
• Delineating Groundwater Sources and Protection Zones (4.7 MB file)
• Assessing Vulnerability (1.4 MB file)
• Protecting Water Sources (4.8 MB file)
• Overview of California’s DWSAP Program (2.4 MB file)
• Compiling an Inventory of Possible Contaminating Activities (PCAs) (4.9 MB file)

• Groundwater (4.7 MB file)
• The Water Well (4.7 MB file)
• Groundwater Sampling and Monitoring (4.7 MB file)
• Groundwater Quality and Groundwater Pollution (4.7 MB file)
• Ground Water Protection Areas and Wellhead Protection Draft Regulations for California Ag (4.7 MB file)
• Water Pollution Control Legislation (4.7 MB file)
• Nonpoint Sources of Pollution in Irrigated Agriculture (4.7 MB file)
• Developing a Nonpoint Source Pollution Evaluation Program (4.7 MB file)
• Ground Water Protection Areas and Wellhead Protection (for pesticide use) (4.7 MB file)
• Watershed Function (4.7 MB file)

We also offer some limited material that accompanies our shortcourses and seminars.