Photographs

The following photographs show various aspects of the monitoring activities of this study.

Boat Reconnaissance

Monitoring Wells

Synoptics

Boat Reconnaissance:

Setting up sampling equipment in office.

Boats with equipment during first boat recon.

Boat crew during first boat recon, 8/16/2007.

Collecting field parameters with YSI.

Orestimba Creek and two agricultural drains discharging to San Joaquin River.

Monitoring Wells:

Setting up drivepoints for monitoring wells in office

Calibrating thermistors in Sacramento USGS laboratory

Bank wells at Newman West

Plank built to install in-stream wells at Newman West

Refurbishing and developing bank wells at Newman West

Refurbishing and developing bank wells at Crows Landing West

Plank and equipment for in-stream wells at Crows Landing West

Bank wells at Crows Landing East

Bank wells at Patterson West before high flows in San Joaquin River (September 2005)

Bank wells at Patterson West during high flows in San Joaquin River (May 2006)

Monthly sampling of bank wells at Patterson West (October 2006)

Monthly sampling of bank wells at Patterson West (May 2007)

Monthly sampling of bank wells at Patterson West (June 2007)

Refurbishing and developing bank wells at Patterson East

In-stream wells at West Stanislaus

In-stream wells at Orchard Road

In-stream wells and data logger at Vernalis

Synoptics:

First sampling site during first synoptic, Fremont Ford (8/22/2007).

Sampling equipment for synoptic on boat at most upstream site (08/22/2007).

Manometer board for measuring hydraulic gradients at most upstream site.

Collecting temperature profile data at most upstream site.

Filtering water quality samples at most upstream site.

Collecting dissolved gas sample at most upstream site.

Cut bank on San Joaquin River.

Sample collection several days later during first synoptic

Manometer board measurements taken during first synoptic.

Collecting field parameter measurements using YSI during first synoptic.