GAMA Study Unit Publications

<p style='margin: 0.7em 0em 0.9em;'><font size='3'><font color='#000000' face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'>The Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) Program is California's comprehensive groundwater quality monitoring program that was created by the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) in 2000. It was later expanded by Assembly Bill 599 - the Groundwater Quality Monitoring Act of 2001, resulting in a publicly accepted plan to monitor and assess groundwater quality in basins that account for 95% of the state’s groundwater use. The GAMA Program is based on inter-agency collaboration with the State and Regional Water Boards, Department of Water Resources, Department of Pesticide Regulations, U.S. Geological Survey, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and cooperation with local water agencies and well owners.</font></font></p><p style='margin: 0.7em 0em 0.9em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);'><font size='3'>The main goals of GAMA are to:</font></p><ul><li>Improve statewide groundwater monitoring and establish ambient groundwater quality on a basin wide scale.<br /></li><li><font size='3'>Continue periodic groundwater sampling and groundwater quality studies in order to characterize chemicals of concern and identify trends in groundwater quality.</font></li><li><font size='3'>Centralize and increase the availability of groundwater information to the public and decision makers to better protect our groundwater resources.</font></li></ul><font face='Avenir Next W01, Avenir Next W00, Avenir Next, Avenir, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif'><span style='font-size: 17px;'>The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) Program has provided this interface to allow interested parties to access information about program project studies, including the Priority Basin, Domestic Well, and Special Studies Projects. </span></font><div><font face='Avenir Next W01, Avenir Next W00, Avenir Next, Avenir, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif'><span style='font-size: 17px;'><br /></span></font></div><div><font face='Avenir Next W01, Avenir Next W00, Avenir Next, Avenir, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif'><span style='font-size: 17px;'>For more information about the GAMA Program, see our </span></font><a href='http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/gama' target='_blank'>website</a><font face='Avenir Next W01, Avenir Next W00, Avenir Next, Avenir, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif'><span style='font-size: 17px;'>.<br /></span></font><div><font face='Avenir Next W01, Avenir Next W00, Avenir Next, Avenir, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif'><span style='font-size: 17px;'><br /></span></font></div><div><font face='Avenir Next W01, Avenir Next W00, Avenir Next, Avenir, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif'><span style='font-size: 17px;'>Information regarding the map and layers used in this application can be found here:  </span></font><font size='4'><a href='http://waterboards.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=e1ed5b5900264a78b3417bcaa3e59489#overview' target='_blank'>http://waterboards.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=e1ed5b5900264a78b3417bcaa3e59489#overview</a><font face='Avenir Next W01, Avenir Next W00, Avenir Next, Avenir, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif'>.</font></font></div></div>