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Sacramento River Basin NAWQA Program

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 at Colusa, California

Methylmercury in unfiltered water

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

Method reporting levels of all analytes

[µg/L - micrograms per liter, < - less than]


Date Time Methylmercury in unfiltered water (ng/L)
2/28/96 1210 0.076
3/20/96 1100 0.08
4/2/96 1220 0.065
5/16/96 1300 0.102
6/17/96 1100 0.093
7/16/96 1300 0.1
8/14/96 1030 0.079
9/25/96 1300 0.061
10/9/96 1130 0.091
11/14/96 1120 0.416
12/4/96 1030 <0.02
1/4/97 1300 0.384
2/12/97 1200 1.265
3/13/97 1100 0.444
4/16/97 1240 0.288
5/20/97 1130 0.272
6/3/97 1250 0.246
7/31/97 1110 0.075
8/18/97 1120 0.102
9/25/97 1130 0.146
10/21/97 1100 0.125
11/13/97 1100 0.102
12/9/97 1100 0.170
1/13/98 1150 0.462
2/11/98 1300 0.08
3/17/98 1230 0.077
4/8/98 1130 0.109
5/13/98 1220 0.073
6/10/98 1100 0.046

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