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)

Sacramento River above Bend Bridge near Red Bluff, California

Field measurements, total hardness, and suspended sediment

Number of significant figures do not reflect analytical method
reporting levels.

[mg/L - milligrams per liter, µS/cm - microsiemens per centimeter]

Date	Time	Water Temperature (Degrees Celsius)	Instantaneous Discharge (cubic meters per second)	Specific Conductance (µS/cm)	Dissolved Oxygen (mg/L)	Dissolved Oxygen, Percent of Saturation (percent)	pH (standard units)	Alkalinity (mg/L As CaCO₃)	Total Hardness (mg/L as CaCO₃)	Suspended Sediment (mg/L)
2/13/96	1130	9.8	962.88	134	11.5	102	7.9	51	49
3/8/96	1020	9.1	909.07	118	11.6	101	7.6	60	48	54
4/24/96	1030	12.6	242.42	121	11.3	107	7.6	52	49	16
5/30/96	0930	11.3	450.29	110	11.8	109	7.7	47	46	11
6/27/96	1000	11.7	356.83	108	10.6	98	7.4	35	44	4
7/11/96	1430	13.4	427.63	106	11.5	111	7.9	47	42	5
8/29/96	1030	12.8	365.33	108	10.4	99	7.5	46	44	8
9/20/96	1300	13.2	269.04	106	10.7	102	7.8	46	43	4
10/23/96	1020	12.4	178.42	114	10.2	96	7.7	50	48	3
11/22/96	1330	13.2	220.33	129	9.7	94	7.8	52	49	15
12/12/96	1700	12	1195.1	111	11	103	7.8	50	47	51
1/3/97	1230	10.7	2446.85	104	11.4	103	7.9	43	40	355
2/20/97	0930	8.8	300.19	120	11.1	95	7.9	50	47	37
3/20/97	1000	11.6	235.06	123	10.8	100	7.9	49	48	22
4/22/97	0950	12	258.84	112	10.4	97	7.9	43	44	27
5/30/97	1200	12.3	286.03	111	10.4	98	7.7	46	43	14
6/25/97	1000	11.8	436.13	110	10.6	99	7.5	44	42	14
7/23/97	1000	11.4	453.12	108	10.7	99	7.6	47	42	9
8/21/97	1000	12.6	303.02	114	10.1	96	7.7	49	45	9
9/17/97	1000	12.6	237.6	124	11.2	107	7.6	52	49	9
10/22/97	1000	13.6	150.95	117	10	97	7.7	49	47	6
11/19/97	1000	12	280.37	136	10.7	100	8.1	46	51	43
12/10/97	1000	9.2	215.8	145	10.8	93	7.9	57	56	18
1/14/98	1000	9.1	518.26	114	8.2	72	7.9	48	49	141
2/18/98	1230	9.1	2002.22	107	12.1	105	7.9	45	43	63
3/18/98	1100	10.8	365.33	127	10.4	95	7.9	52	54	38
4/9/98	1000	10.1	543.74	115	10.6	95	8	47	50	33