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Bishop Subbasin

aquifer in the Amador Valley, California, United States

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 15, 2025
Entity authorityQ4917720 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Bishop Subbasin is an aquifer that resides between two subsurface structures of the Tassajara Formation in the northern extremity of the Amador Valley, California. This aquifer is a sub-unit of the Livermore-Amador Groundwater Basin. The Bishop Subbasin is associated with the locale of San Ramon, California in Contra Costa County. The Bishop Subbasin along with the Mocho Subbasin is one of the aquifers in the Livermore Valley that has been studied the most heavily for benefits of injection of reclaimed reverse osmosis waters.

See also

South San Ramon Creek

Arroyo de la Laguna

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What are the projected impacts of injecting reclaimed, reverse osmosis water into the Livermore-Amador Groundwater Basin?

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