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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) |
| 2/22/96 | 1020 | 10.7 | 1928.59 | 75 | 10.6 | 95 | 7.6 | 31 | 100 | |
| 3/19/96 | 1010 | 13.4 | 1483.97 | 119 | 12.8 | 122 | 7.6 | 56 | 55 | 60 |
| 4/4/96 | 1020 | 12.7 | 1110.14 | 120 | 10.4 | 97 | 7.6 | 51 | 51 | 82 |
| 5/14/96 | 1140 | 18.5 | 396.48 | 121 | 9.4 | 101 | 7.8 | 51 | 50 | 49 |
| 6/11/96 | 1130 | 19.6 | 563.57 | 98 | 9.1 | 99 | 7.8 | 44 | 43 | 46 |
| 7/18/96 | 1240 | 20.3 | 464.45 | 112 | 9.3 | 103 | 8 | 47 | 42 | 28 |
| 8/15/96 | 1230 | 22.2 | 535.25 | 118 | 9 | 103 | 7.9 | 53 | 46 | 33 |
| 9/26/96 | 1200 | 19.2 | 351.17 | 147 | 9 | 97 | 7.8 | 63 | 58 | 32 |
| 10/7/96 | 1300 | 18.5 | 303.02 | 137 | 9 | 96 | 7.9 | 56 | 51 | 48 |
| 11/13/96 | 1030 | 13.5 | 282.63 | 146 | 10.8 | 103 | 7.8 | 57 | 56 | 24 |
| 12/18/96 | 1100 | 10.5 | 1668.05 | 117 | 10.4 | 92 | 7.9 | 50 | 45 | 52 |
| 1/28/97 | 1230 | 9.9 | 2013.55 | 62 | 11 | 98 | 7.5 | 24 | 24 | 111 |
| 2/13/97 | 1310 | 8.9 | 1634.06 | 116 | 11.4 | 98 | 7.7 | 46 | 45 | 101 |
| 3/12/97 | 1400 | 12.4 | 487.1 | 153 | 10.6 | 99 | 8 | 55 | 59 | 68 |
| 4/29/97 | 1400 | 18.5 | 236.19 | 161 | 7.6 | 81 | 8 | 63 | 62 | 50 |
| 5/14/97 | 1340 | 22.5 | 243.27 | 146 | 9.1 | 105 | 8.1 | 57 | 55 | |
| 6/4/97 | 1130 | 20 | 308.69 | 138 | 8.2 | 90 | 7.9 | 54 | 54 | 38 |
| 7/17/97 | 1100 | 19.6 | 535.25 | 128 | 8.9 | 97 | 7.8 | 50 | 38 | |
| 8/13/97 | 1250 | 20.5 | 438.96 | 155 | 8.7 | 96 | 7.8 | 62 | 56 | 47 |
| 9/24/97 | 1100 | 19.5 | 273.29 | 148 | 9.1 | 100 | 7.8 | 58 | 58 | 29 |
| 10/29/97 | 1100 | 14.3 | 234.21 | 152 | 10 | 97 | 7.9 | 60 | 58 | 27 |
| 11/25/97 | 1230 | 12.7 | 356.83 | 182 | 9.6 | 90 | 7.9 | 73 | 67 | 44 |
| 12/16/97 | 1230 | 8.7 | 617.38 | 186 | 10.5 | 89 | 8.1 | 71 | 69 | 114 |
| 1/28/98 | 1230 | 10.2 | 1741.68 | 138 | 7.3 | 65 | 7.7 | 56 | 53 | 61 |
| 2/24/98 | 1130 | 9 | 1959.74 | 103 | 10.8 | 94 | 8 | 41 | 43 | 77 |
| 3/25/98 | 1300 | 13.1 | 1764.34 | 123 | 10.8 | 104 | 7.8 | 51 | 52 | 117 |
| 4/22/98 | 1230 | 16.3 | 954.38 | 135 | 9.9 | 102 | 7.7 | 53 | 59 |