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 Slough near Knights Landing, 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, E- estimated discharge value]

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)
2/12/96	1230	16	flooded	242	8.4	85	7.6	82	84	47
3/11/96	1300	12.7	flooded	153	11.2	105	7.8	68	60	43
4/22/96	1100	16.1	E50.98	278	9.1	92	7.9	130	120	67
5/23/96	1030	14.9	flooded		10.1		7.6	62	63	56
6/13/96	1030	26.2	E24.36	309	5.9	73	7.9	140	130	108
7/22/96	1050	27.8	E16.43	323	5.1	65	7.9	100	130	79
8/26/96	1100	24.1	901	310	6.8	81	7.8	140	130	73
9/10/96	1100	21.9	868	325	9	103	7.5	140	130	69
10/17/96	1000	16.3	156	390	8.1	82	8	94	150	56
11/7/96	0930	12.4	778	305	8.8	81	7.7	130	120	68
12/5/96	1100	10.8	84	335	9.6	87	8	160	140	53
3/6/97	1130	11.9	E19.26	307	9.8	90	8.7	120	120	148
4/29/97	1040	18.8	E23.79	254	7.6	82	8	90	100	110
5/14/97	1030	23.4	E18.41	397	6.6	78	7.9	140	130
6/19/97	1200	26.4	E18.97	343	6.1	76	7.9	160	150	83
7/24/97	1030	25.3	E18.12	405	6.3	77	7.7	150	140	93
8/13/97	1030	24.8	E27.19	341	7	84	7.8	160	140	67
9/24/97	1430	22.9	E10.76	478	7.6	89	8	170	170	65
10/29/97	1000	14.7	E14.16	370	7.4	73	7.9	150	140	77
11/25/97	1000	12.8	E18.12	332	7.4	70	8	150	130	44
12/16/97	1030	8.3	E45.31	301	9.5	80	8	130	120	37
1/28/98	1100	10.3	flooded	143	7.2	64	7.8	60	55	30
2/25/98	1100	9.7	flooded	124	10.2	90	7.8	54	52	134
3/25/98	1120	13.5	flooded	126	10	97	7.5	50	52	182
4/22/98	1000	21.2	E82.13	261	7.2	82	7.8	120	110