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Water-Quality Assessment of the Sacramento River
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| 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) |
| 2/9/96 | 1150 | 11 | 116.68 | 297 | 11.2 | 103 | 8 | 120 | 130 | 311 |
| 3/7/96 | 1340 | 11 | 144.15 | 297 | 11.5 | 105 | 8.3 | 130 | 130 | 333 |
| 4/25/96 | 1230 | 16.3 | 34.55 | 344 | 10.2 | 104 | 8.3 | 150 | 140 | 51 |
| 5/29/96 | 1100 | 21.5 | 16.85 | 367 | 10.2 | 117 | 8.3 | 150 | 150 | 29 |
| 6/26/96 | 1200 | 22.2 | 23.14 | 300 | 9.4 | 110 | 8.4 | 130 | 120 | 30 |
| 7/9/96 | 1230 | 27 | 25.12 | 304 | 8.7 | 111 | 8.4 | 95 | 120 | 32 |
| 8/28/96 | 1230 | 21.8 | 16.03 | 263 | 10 | 114 | 8.2 | 110 | 110 | 14 |
| 9/17/96 | 1230 | 17.6 | 12.55 | 257 | 10.4 | 110 | 8.3 | 100 | 110 | 10 |
| 10/22/96 | 1230 | 13.4 | 7.31 | 350 | 11.4 | 110 | 8.3 | 150 | 140 | 19 |
| 11/18/96 | 1500 | 13.3 | 0.74 | 1040 | 9.8 | 95 | 8.6 | 250 | 250 | 14 |
| 12/13/96 | 1240 | 12.1 | 6.77 | 435 | 11 | 103 | 8.5 | 110 | 160 | 54 |
| 1/15/97 | 1100 | 7 | 68.53 | 313 | 12 | 100 | 8.5 | 150 | 130 | 155 |
| 2/19/97 | 1050 | 10.5 | 56.07 | 325 | 11.2 | 101 | 8.4 | 140 | 130 | 91 |
| 3/19/97 | 1120 | 14.6 | 14.02 | 422 | 10.8 | 106 | 8.5 | 160 | 160 | 25 |
| 4/21/97 | 1030 | 16.7 | 17.53 | 318 | 9.6 | 100 | 8.5 | 120 | 120 | 37 |
| 5/27/97 | 1350 | 21.4 | 15.55 | 284 | 9.3 | 106 | 8.5 | 87 | 110 | 23 |
| 6/24/97 | 1100 | 20.4 | 19.43 | 261 | 10 | 113 | 8.5 | 81 | 110 | 35 |
| 7/22/97 | 1030 | 22 | 23.22 | 258 | 9.2 | 107 | 8.4 | 100 | 110 | 25 |
| 8/20/97 | 1130 | 21.9 | 18.04 | 284 | 8.9 | 103 | 8.2 | 120 | 120 | 25 |
| 9/16/97 | 1150 | 19.2 | 15.24 | 295 | 10.2 | 112 | 8.6 | 110 | 120 | 18 |
| 10/16/97 | 1030 | 13.2 | 6.88 | 294 | 10.5 | 101 | 8.3 | 120 | 120 | 8 |
| 11/18/97 | 1300 | 11.1 | 1.9 | 928 | 10.1 | 93 | 8.5 | 230 | 240 | 136 |
| 12/7/97 | 1400 | 14.3 | 498 | |||||||
| 12/18/97 | 1030 | 9.1 | 9.37 | 660 | 11.4 | 100 | 8.6 | 200 | 210 | 30 |
| 1/4/98 | 1015 | 45.03 | 663 | |||||||
| 1/4/98 | 1200 | 47.86 | 1140 | |||||||
| 1/4/98 | 1400 | 41.91 | 1600 | |||||||
| 1/12/98 | 1010 | 72.78 | 1030 | |||||||
| 1/12/98 | 1200 | 78.73 | 1040 | |||||||
| 1/12/98 | 1320 | 88.92 | 1340 | |||||||
| 1/20/98 | 1300 | 7.6 | 102.8 | 315 | 10.2 | 8.4 | 130 | 120 | 307 | |
| 1/29/98 | 1110 | 209.28 | 2100 | |||||||
| 2/3/98 | 1230 | 10.2 | 410.64 | 206 | 11.6 | 108 | 8.4 | 65 | 84 | 3820 |
| 3/26/98 | 1040 | 12.4 | 139.05 | 283 | 10.9 | 104 | 8.2 | 120 | 120 | 174 |
| 4/14/98 | 1100 | 11.1 | 113 | 289 | 11.4 | 105 | 8.3 | 120 | 120 | 186 |