Report studying the use of desalinated water for irrigation at three locations in Arizona and California. Costs and benefits are measured among several different areas, including multiple concentrations of desalinated water, different desalting methods, and the desalting process.

From Introduction: "The Office of Saline Water (OSW) maintains the MSF Module at the San Diego Test Facility, Chula Vista, California, for the purpose of further advancing and developing the state of art of the multistage flash distillation process and thereby reduce the cost of seawater conversion. The MSF Module has been built and operated to obtain engineering design and operating data to serve as a basis for: a. Future process development. b. Improved full scale plant design. Improved full scale plant operating conditions."

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines on the Coso mercury deposits of Inyo County, and development of the bucket drill for obtaining samples. Descriptions of the physical features of the deposits are listed. This report includes tables, maps, photographs, and illustrations.

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines discussing the demands on the oil industry due to an increase in automobiles in the United States. Improvements in drilling methods and refinery practices are presented. This report includes a table.

Report and geographical survey. This report examines the distribution of nitrates in the Redland area's ground water and concludes that this distribution depends primarily upon depth below the water table and areal location. Includes several maps and figures.

From purpose and scope: This report describes the effect of land application of effluent from wastewater treatment plants on ground-water quality in the Livermore-Amador Valley. The report focuses on five wastewater application areas contiguous to or near following wastewater treatment plants: Livermore, Pleasanton, Dublin-San Ramon Services District (was Valley Community Services District), Castlewood Corporation, and Veterans Administration Hospital.

The Anza-Terwilliger area consists of about 96 square miles (24-9 square kilometers) in the upper parts of the Santa Margarita River and Coyote Creek drainage basins in Riverside County, Calif., about 90 miles (145 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles. This report deals with geology, steady state and transient state of ground water, net depletion of ground water, surface-water flow, precipitation, chemistry of water, land and water use, and gravity data for the Anza-Terwilliger area. The data indicate that the rate of ground-water depletion ha's accelerated since 1950. Pumping depressions adjacent to the Cahuilla Indian Reservation have increased the hydraulic gradient and are.causing water beneath the reservation to flow toward these depressions. Total depletion of ground water since 1950 is about 14,000 acre-feet (17.3 cubic hectometers). Chemical analyses indicate that the ground water in local areas contains concentrations of nitrate above that recommended by the Environmental Protection Agency for human consumption.

From Introduction: "The Las Vegas Quadrangle, Nevada, Arizona, and California (Fig. 1), was evaluated to identify geologic environments and delineate areas that exhibit characteristics favorable for uranium deposits."

Report discussing the thorium and rare-earth deposits that are found in a six-mile long belt of pre-Cambrian carbonate rocks associated with potash-rich igneous rocks of probable pre-Cambrian age in the Mountain Pass district of San Bernardino County, California.

The following report is a general monthly progress report conducted by the radiation laboratory of the University of California discussing experimental physics, theoretical physics, the MTA target physics program, accelerator construction and operation, biology and medicine, and a plant and equipment report. The period being covered is January 15, 1954 to February 15, 1954.

The following report is a quarterly report done by the Physics Division of the University of California's Radiation Laboratory, covering the period of November and December of 1953, and January of 1954. This report discusses general physics research and the development and operation of the accelerator.

Appendix containing data on uranium availability in the Las Vegas Quadrangle to accompany a report on U.S. uranium resources in Nevada, Arizona, and California.

This report records the study of the geology and uranium deposits of Haiwee Ridge, Inyo County, California, on the west flank of the Coso Mountains.

Final report documenting a high-sensitivity airborne gamma radiation and magnetic field survey of the Walker Lake National Topographic Map segment (NJ 11-4 quadrangle) including a description of the program and results.

The following data report presents results of ground water and stream sediment reconnaissance in the Walker Lake quadrangle, California and Nevada.

Symbol plot maps, histograms, and frequency distribution plots for U, Th, Hf, and Ce elements, U/Th and U/Hf elemental ratios, and scintillometer readings for the S0 coarse (>420 mu/m to <1000 mu/m) sediment samples.

"This document provides a detailed description of Data Reports of the western quadrangles that have been prepared by Savannah River Laboratory (SRL) personnel for the National Uranium Resource Evaluation (NURE) program. The Guide includes descriptions of (1) sample collection and field measurements; (2) format, abbreviations, and codes used in data tables; (3) graphical presentation and maps; and (4) quality assurance programs for sample collection and analysis." (Abstract)

Symbol plot maps, histograms, and frequency distribution plots for U, Th, Hf, Ce, Fe, Mn, Sc, Na, Ti, and V elements, U/Th and U/Hf elemental ratios, and scintillometer readings for the S1 fine (<149 mu/m) sediment samples.

The following data contains tabulated reconnaissance data and elemental concentrations in surface and ground water samples.

A report regarding thorium resources located in the Mountain Pass District in San Bernadino County, California