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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

Dissolved and suspended organic carbon

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

Method reporting levels of all analytes

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


Site Identification Date Time Type of Blank Dissolved Organic Carbon (mg/L as C) Suspended Organic Carbon (mg/L as C)
Arcade Creek near Del Paso Heights, CA 3/5/96 0918 Field Blank 0.4 0.1
Arcade Creek near Del Paso Heights, CA 4/26/96 1108 Field Blank 0.7 0.2
Sacramento River at Colusa, CA 5/16/96 1307 Source Solution Blank 0.1  
Sacramento River at Colusa, CA 5/16/96 1308 Field Blank 0.2  
Colusa Basin Drain at Road 99E near Knights Landing, CA 5/22/96 1008 Field Blank 0.3  
Colusa Basin Drain at Road 99E near Knights Landing, CA 5/22/96 1009 Source Solution Blank 0.1  
American River at Sacramento, CA 6/12/96 1138 Field Blank 0.2  
American River at Sacramento, CA 6/12/96 1139 Source Solution Blank 0.1  
Sacramento Slough near Knights Landing, CA 8/26/96 1108 Field Blank 0.1 0.1
Sacramento Slough near Knights Landing, CA 8/26/96 1109 Source Solution Blank <.10  
Sacramento River above Bend Bridge near Red Bluff, CA 10/23/96 1028 Field Blank 0.2  
Sacramento River above Bend Bridge near Red Bluff, CA 10/23/96 1029 Source Solution Blank 0.2  
Yuba River at Marysville, CA 2/14/97 1238 Field Blank 0.1  
Yuba River at Marysville, CA 2/14/97 1239 Source Solution Blank 0.1  
Colusa Basin Drain at Road 99E near Knights Landing, CA 4/9/97 1108 Field Blank 0.1  
Colusa Basin Drain at Road 99E near Knights Landing, CA 4/9/97 1109 Source Solution Blank <.10  
Cache Creek at Rumsey, CA 6/24/97 1108 Field Blank 0.1 <.10
Cache Creek at Rumsey, CA 6/24/97 1109 Source Solution Blank <.10  
Colusa Basin Drain at Road 99E near Knights Landing, CA 8/26/97 1108 Field Blank 0.1 0.2
Colusa Basin Drain at Road 99E near Knights Landing, CA 8/26/97 1109 Source Solution Blank 0.1  
Sacramento River at Freeport, CA 12/12/97 1208 Field Blank 0.2 <.20
Sacramento River at Freeport, CA 12/12/97 1209 Source Solution Blank <.10  
Yuba River at Marysville, CA 2/10/98 1128 Field Blank 2.5 <.20
Yuba River at Marysville, CA 2/10/98 1129 Source Solution Blank <.10  

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