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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)

Quality Control
Blank Data: Surface Water

Major Constituents in filtered water (0.45 micromter capsule filter)

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

Method reporting levels of all analytes

[mg/L - milligrams per liter, µS/cm - microsiemens per centimeter, µg/L - micrograms per liter, < - less than]


Site Identification Date Time Type of Blank Specific Conductance (µS/cm) Calcium (mg/L) Magnesium (mg/L) Sodium (mg/L) Potassium (mg/L) Sulfate (mg/L) Chloride (mg/L) Fluoride (mg/L) Silica as SiO2 (mg/L) Total Dissolved Solids (mg/L) Iron (µg/L)
Quality Assurance Site I.D. for Sacramento NAWQA 2/2/96 1108 Equipment blank 5 <.020 <.010 <.20 <.10 <.10 <.10 <.10 0.02 <1 <3.0
Yuba River at Marysville, CA 6/19/96 0958 Field Blank 2 <.020 <.010 <.20 <.10 <.10 <.10 <.10 0.01 <1 4.0
Cache Creek at Rumsey, CA 12/13/96 1248 Field Blank 2 <.020 <.010 <.20 <.10 <.10 <.10 <.10 0.01 <1 <3.0
Yuba River at Marysville, CA 1/27/97 1238 Field Blank 2 <.020 <.010 <.20 <.10 <.10 <.10 <.10 <.010 1 4.3
Sacramento Slough near Knights Landing, CA 4/29/97 1048 Field Blank 2 0.049 <.010 <.20 <.10 <.10 <.10 <.10 0.022 <1 <3.0
Sacramento River above Bend Bridge near Red Bluff, CA 6/25/97 1008 Field Blank 2 <.020 <.010 <.20 <.10 <.10 <.10 <.10 <.010 3 <3.0
Arcade Creek near Del Paso Heights, CA 10/8/97 0938 Equipment blank 2 <.020 <.010 <.20 <.10 <.10 <.10 <.10 <.010 <1 <3.0
Sacramento River at Verona, CA 2/24/98 1138 Field Blank 73 <.020 <.010 <.10 <.10 0.13 1.8 <.10 <.10 11 <10

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