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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)

Quality Control
Spike Data: Surface Water

Volatile organic chemicals in unfiltered water

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

Method reporting levels of all analytes

[Cannot calculate - Recovery of pesticide cannot be calculated because of estimated analytical values]

Site Identification Date Time 1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane (Percent Recovery) 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (Percent Recovery) 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane (Percent Recovery) 1,1,2-Trichloroethane (Percent Recovery) 1,1,2-Trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane (Percent Recovery) 1,1-Dichloroethane (Percent Recovery) 1,1-Dichloroethene (Percent Recovery) 1,1-Dichloropropene (Percent Recovery) 1,2,3,5-Tetramethylbenzene (Percent Recovery) 1,2,3-Trichlorobenzene (Percent Recovery) 1,2,3-Trichloropropane (Percent Recovery) 1,2,3-Trimethylbenzene (Percent Recovery) 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene (Percent Recovery) 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene (Percent Recovery) 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane (Percent Recovery) 1,2-Dibromoethane (Percent Recovery) 1,2-Dichlorobenzene (Percent Recovery) 1,2-Dichloroethane (Percent Recovery) 1,2-Dichloropropane (Percent Recovery) 1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene (Percent Recovery) 1,3-Dichlorobenzene (Percent Recovery) 1,3-Dichloropropane (Percent Recovery) 1,4-Dichlorobenzene (Percent Recovery) 2,2-Dichloropropane (Percent Recovery) 2-Butanone (Percent Recovery) 2-Chlorotoluene (Percent Recovery) 2-Hexanone (Percent Recovery) 3-Chloro-1-propene (Percent Recovery) 4-Chlorotoluene (Percent Recovery) p-Isopropyltoluene (Percent Recovery) 4-Methyl-2-pentanone (Percent Recovery) Acetone (Percent Recovery) 2-Propenenitrile (Percent Recovery) Benzene (Percent Recovery) Bromobenzene (Percent Recovery) Bromochloromethane (Percent Recovery) Bromodichloromethane (Percent Recovery) Bromoethene (Percent Recovery) Tribromomethane (Percent Recovery) Bromomethane (Percent Recovery) n-Butylbenzene (Percent Recovery) Carbon disulfide (Percent Recovery) Chlorobenzene (Percent Recovery) Chloroethane (Percent Recovery) Trichloromethane (Percent Recovery) Chloromethane (Percent Recovery) Chlorodibromomethane (Percent Recovery) Dibromomethane (Percent Recovery) Dichlorodifluoromethane (Percent Recovery) Dichloromethane (Percent Recovery) Diethyl ether (Percent Recovery) Diisopropyl ether (Percent Recovery) Ethyl methacrylate (Percent Recovery) Ethyl tert-butyl ether (Percent Recovery) Ethylbenzene (Percent Recovery) Hexachlorobutadiene (Percent Recovery) Hexachloroethane (Percent Recovery) Isopropylbenzene (Percent Recovery) Methyl acrylate (Percent Recovery) Methyl acrylonitrile (Percent Recovery) Iodomethane (Percent Recovery) Methyl methacrylate (Percent Recovery) Naphthalene (Percent Recovery) Styrene (Percent Recovery) Tetrachloroethene (Percent Recovery) Tetrachloromethane (Percent Recovery) Tetrahydrofuran (Percent Recovery) Methylbenzene (Percent Recovery) Trichloroethene (Percent Recovery) Trichlorofluoromethane (Percent Recovery) Chloroethene (Percent Recovery) cis-1,2-Dichloroethene (Percent Recovery) cis-1,3-Dichloropropene (Percent Recovery) 1,4-Dimethylbenzene (Percent Recovery) n-Propylbenzene (Percent Recovery) 2-Ethyltoluene (Percent Recovery) 1,2-Dimethylbenzene (Percent Recovery) sec-Butylbenzene (Percent Recovery) Methyl tert-butyl ether (Percent Recovery) tert-Butylbenzene (Percent Recovery) tert-Amyl methyl ether (Percent Recovery) trans-1,2-Dichloroethene (Percent Recovery) trans-1,3-Dichloropropene (Percent Recovery) trans-1,4-Dichloro-2-butene (Percent Recovery)
Arcade Creek near Del Paso Heights, CA 3/7/97 0943   95         90                     100         92                           97   100               101               96                   100 99     102   73               92          
Arcade Creek near Del Paso Heights, CA 3/21/97 1003   52         45                     60         58                           59   68               65               53                   52 49     52   36               64          
Arcade Creek near Del Paso Heights, CA 5/27/97 1023   92         82                     97         83                           98   98               95               90                   83 89     93   71               93     Cannot calculate    
Arcade Creek near Del Paso Heights, CA 3/9/98 1003 77 96 98 94 77 95 90 80 82 76 84 85 62 83 84 80 85 104 82 Cannot calculate 78 88 74 84 83 69 80 79 70 73 Cannot calculate 120 119 86 69 88 97 84 81 Cannot calculate 68 71 66 91 101 Cannot calculate 87 91 Cannot calculate 104 79 73 68 64 60 76 91 67 81 82 Cannot calculate 57 65 78 102 90 Cannot calculate 118 82 96 83 81 68 73 75 77 66 Cannot calculate 74 Cannot calculate 66 86 66 Cannot calculate
Arcade Creek near Del Paso Heights, CA 3/9/98 1004 87 104 113 110 70 100 81 83 101 94 101 106 76 99 103 85 100 117 96 92 95 99 89 89 102 80 95 77 82 89 98 118 129 92 78 93 105 69 89 Cannot calculate 84 58 77 69 111 Cannot calculate 98 100 Cannot calculate 109 84 83 83 73 70 91 103 76 84 89 Cannot calculate 67 80 90 114 95 84 135 89 78 47 86 75 85 85 92 80 92 85 104 75 89 81 105