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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 Verona, California

Major Inorganic Constituents in filtered water (0.45 micrometer capsule filter)

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

Method reporting levels of all analytes

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

Date Time Calcium (mg/L) Magnesium (mg/L) Sodium (mg/L) Potassium (mg/L) Chloride (mg/L) Sulfate (mg/L) Fluoride (mg/L) Silica as SiO2 (mg/L) Iron (µg/L) Total solids (mg/L)
2/22/96 1020 7 3.2 3.1 1 19 2.4 <.10 13 110 68
3/19/96 1010 12 6 6.4 1 4 5.3 <.10 18 14 88
4/4/96 1020 11 5.7 6.9 1 5.1 6.3 <.10 18 13 82
5/14/96 1140 11 5.4 6.7 0.9 4.1 5.6 <.10 17 11 88
6/11/96 1130 9.6 4.5 5.1 0.8 3.1 4.2 <.10 16 51 73
7/18/96 1240 9.4 4.5 5.1 1 2.2 3.2 <.10 16 12 73
8/15/96 1230 10 5.2 6 0.9 2.4 4.2 <.10 17 8 88
9/26/96 1200 12 6.9 8.8 1.1 4.1 5.9 <.10 19 14 101
10/7/96 1300 11 5.7 7.2 1.2 4.5 5.2 <.10 17 10 87
11/13/96 1030 12 6.2 8.3 1.3 5.8 5.3 <.10 18 25 96
12/18/96 1100 10 4.9 6 1.3 3 4.2 <.10 18 10 76
1/28/97 1230 5.4 2.5 2.6 1.2 1.4 2.6 <.10 11 75 53
2/13/97 1310 10 4.9 5.2 1.1 3 5.1 <.10 16 8 84
3/12/97 1400 13 6.5 7.6 1.1 5 8.4 <.10 17 5 98
4/29/97 1400 14 6.7 7.6 1.2 5.1 8.4 <.10 18 12 100
5/14/97 1340 12 6 7.6 1.1 5.2 6.1 <.10 18 9.7 101
6/4/97 1130 11 6.1 7.4 1.1 4.4 5.9 <.10 18 7.3 97
7/17/97 1100 10.3 5.2 7.3 1 3.3 5.2 <.10 16.6 8 87
8/13/97 1250 12 6.5 9.2 1.1 3.9 6.4 <.10 18 4.7 104
9/24/97 1100 13 6.3 8.1 1.4 4.3 4 <.10 21 7 100
10/29/97 1100 12 6.8 8.8 1.5 5.8 6.5 <.10 18 24 105
11/25/97 1230 14 7.8 12 2 6.9 9.8 <.10 20 26 126
12/16/97 1230 15 8 11 1.7 7.2 11 <.10 22 14 113
1/28/98 1230 12 5.8 7 1.3 4.5 5 <.10 20 < 10 101
2/24/98 1130 9.3 4.8 4.4 1.2 2.5 4 0.12 15 18 83
3/25/98 1300 12 5.7 5.8 0.97 3.6 4.8 <.10 16 13 88
4/22/98 1230 13 6.5 5.9 0.84 3.5 6.3 <.10 18 17 91