Water-Quality Assessment of the Sacramento River Basin, California, Water Quality of Fixed Sites 1996-98 Water-Resources Investigation Report 00-4247 By Joseph L. Domagalski and Peter D. Dileanis

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ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

Purpose and Scope

Description of the Sacramento River Basin Study Unit

WATER-QUALITY ISSUES

SELECTION OF FIXED SITES

Sacramento River above Bend Bridge near Red Bluff

Sacramento River at Colusa

Yuba River at Marysville

Feather River near Nicolaus

Sacramento Slough near Knights Landing

Colusa Basin Drain at Road 99E near Knights Landing

Sacramento River at Verona

Cache Creek at Rumsey

Arcade Creek near Del Paso Heights

American River at Sacramento

Sacramento River at Freeport

DATA COLLECTION

Sampling Methods

Quality Control

DESCRIPTION OF WATER QUALITY DURING 1996-1998

Field Measurements

Suspended Sediment

Nutrients and Dissolved Organic Carbon

Major-Ion Chemistry

Trace Metals

Mercury and Methylmercury

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES CITED

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POINTS OF CONTACT AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

California contact and Web site:

USGS Sacramento River Basin NAWQA Chief
U.S. Geological Survey
Water Resources Division
6000 J Street, Placer Hall
Sacramento, California 95819-6129
joed@usgs.gov
http://ca.water.usgs.gov/sac_nawqa/index.html

National NAWQA Program:

Chief, NAWQA Program
U.S. Geological Survey
Water Resources Division
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 413
Reston, VA 20192
http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/