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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 Slough near Knights Landing, California

Mercury in unfiltered water

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

Method reporting levels of all analytes

[nanogram/L - nanogram per liter]


Date Time Mercury in unfiltered water (ng/L)
2/12/96 1230 16.50
3/11/96 1300 6.67
4/22/96 1100 11.44
5/23/96 1030 7.57
6/13/96 1030 14.38
7/22/96 1050 14.56
8/26/96 1100 7.94
9/10/96 1100 8.48
10/17/96 1000 6.79
11/7/96 0930 8.66
12/5/96 1100 8.00
1/1/97    
2/1/97    
3/6/97 1130 18.13
4/29/97 1040 11.69
5/14/97 1030 12.40
6/19/97 1200 10.87
7/24/97 1030 7.43
8/13/97 1030 7.77
9/24/97 1430 5.83
10/29/97 1000 8.83
11/25/97 1000 5.94
12/16/97 1030 4.11
1/28/98 1100 5.23
2/25/98 1100 17.02
3/25/98 1120 30.80
4/22/98 1000 10.54

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