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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
Replicate Data: Surface Water

Methylmercury 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]


Site Identification Date Time Methylmercury Environmental Sample Concentration (ng/L) Replicate Methylmercury Concentration (ng/L)
Sacramento River at Verona, CA 2/22/96 1020 0.141 0.124
Colusa Basin Drain at Road 99E near Knights Landing, CA 3/6/96 1030 0.217 0.201
Colusa Basin Drain at Road 99E near Knights Landing, CA 4/23/96 1030 0.082 0.078
Sacramento Slough near Knights Landing, CA 5/23/96 1030 0.057 0.068
Sacramento River at Colusa, CA 6/17/96 1100 0.093 0.049
Sacramento River at Freeport, CA 7/17/96 1100 0.012 0.060
Colusa Basin Drain at Road 99E near Knights Landing, CA 8/27/96 1000 0.097 0.089
Sacramento River at Verona, CA 9/26/96 1200 0.006 0.040
Colusa Basin Drain at Road 99E near Knights Landing, CA 10/18/96 0950 0.021 0.007
Sacramento River at Verona, CA 12/18/96 1100 0.669 0.116
Sacramento River at Verona, CA 3/12/97 1400 0.199 0.290
Sacramento Slough near Knights Landing, CA 4/29/97 1040 0.498 0.267
Sacramento River at Verona, CA 5/14/97 1340 0.324 0.509
Colusa Basin Drain at Road 99E near Knights Landing, CA 6/17/97 1000 0.191 0.193
Sacramento River at Freeport, CA 7/14/97 1230 0.062 0.073
Sacramento River at Colusa, CA 8/18/97 1120 0.102 0.090
Sacramento River at Freeport, CA 9/23/97 1030 0.103 0.087
Sacramento Slough near Knights Landing, CA 10/29/97 1000 0.178 0.191
Sacramento River at Freeport, CA 11/20/97 1130 0.160 0.113
Colusa Basin Drain at Road 99E near Knights Landing, CA 12/17/97 1040 0.184 0.208
Colusa Basin Drain at Road 99E near Knights Landing, CA 1/21/98 1030 0.256 0.260
Sacramento River at Colusa, CA 2/11/98 1300 0.080 0.039
Sacramento River at Verona, CA 3/25/98 1300 0.158 0.154
Colusa Basin Drain at Road 99E near Knights Landing, CA 4/15/98 1130 0.218 0.358

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