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Finer
Coarse Coarse
sand Silty
sand sand
Bedrock knob sand
Unconsolidated
Refraction line
Bedrock
Angeles
San Gabriel River
Los Angeles River
Long Beach
Pacific Ocean
Barrier Wells & Saline Plumes
Saline Plume in multiple aquifers to different extents up to 800 feet deep (250 m).
West East
Injection Wells
Pacific Ocean
Silverado Aquifer
(250 m)
800 ft
Lower San Pedro Aquifer
Not so bad?
Cl = 100 ppm Cl = 19,800
Big Problem? Shallow wells may miss salt
No Plume Here?
Production wells with long screens and
high Q may average/dilute salt
Fresh
Seawater Water
Intrusion Short screen wells identify salt at that
discrete depth
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35 TEM
Locations
E Cross
Section Line
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Comparison to Chloride
Concentration Data From Wells
Saline to brackish
water in Silverado