Water-Quality Assessment of the Sacramento River Basin, California: Water-Quality, Sediment and Tissue Chemistry, and Biological Data, 1995-1998 (Open-File Report 2000-391)

Ground Water Data: Sacramento Urban Land-use Study

• Sacramento Urban Well Data

Nineteen shallow observation wells were drilled and sampled in the Sacramento metropolitan area. The selected locations were within areas developed between 5 and 25 years ago. In this way, the effects of recent urbanization on the quality of shallow ground water could be assessed. Groundwater was sampled and analyzed for a variety of constituents including major element chemistry, volatile organic chemicals, pesticides, and trace elements. In addition, the water was sampled for stable isotopes and age dating measurements were completed.

• Field measurements:    view data | download data
• Major inorganic constituents and dissolved organic carbon in filtered water:   view data | download data
• Nutrients in filtered water:    view data | download data
• Trace elements in filtered water:    view data | download data
• Pesticides in filtered water measured by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry:    view data | download data
• Pesticides in filtered water measured by liquid chromatography/ultraviolet light spectrometry:    view data | download data
• Volatile organic chemicals in unfiltered water:   view data | download data
• Radiochemical:    view data | download data