Explanation of NAWQA Ground-Water Sampling Schedules

Ground-water quality constituents sampled during the ALMN Project

Abbreviations and Codes:

uS/cm - microsemens per centimeter
deg. C - degree Celsius
dis. - dissolved
mmHg - millimeters mercury
µg/L - milligrams per liter
ug/L - micrograms per liter
ug/g - micrograms per gram
% - percent
mm - millimeters
pci/L - picocurries per liter
pg/Kg - picograms per kilogram
(Schedule 2701) - schedule code (for the UGSG National Water Quality Laboratory (NWQL))
(00925) - parameter (Watstore) code (unique to each constituent)

Ground-water levels

(72019) Water level (feet, depth below land surface)

Field constituents

(00095) Specific conductance (uS/cm)
(00400) pH (pH standard units)
(00010) Temperature (deg. C)
(00025) Barometric pressure (mmHg)
(00300) Dissolved oxygen (µg/L)
(39086) Alkalinity, total dissolved (µg/L as CaCO3)

(Schedule 2750) Major ions and trace metals (dissolved)

(70300) Residue at 180 deg. C, (µg/L)
(00955) Silica (µg/L)
(00403) pH, laboratory (pH)
(01046) Iron (ug/L)
(90095) Specific conductance, laboratory (uS/cm)
(00930) Sodium (µg/L)
(00935) Potassium (µg/L)
(01056) Manganese (ug/L)
(00945) Sulfate (µg/L)
(00915) Calcium (µg/L)
(00940) Chloride (µg/L)
(00925) Magnesium (µg/L)
(00950) Fluoride (µg/L)
(71870) Bromide (µg/L)

(Schedule 2752) Nutrients (dissolved)

(00613) Nitrogen as nitrite (µg/L)
(00631) Nitrogen as nitrite + nitrate (µg/L)
(00608) Nitrogen as Ammonia (µg/L)
(00623) Nitrogen as ammonia + organic nitrogen (µg/L)
(00666) Phosphorus (µg/L)
(00671) Phosphorus, phosphate, ortho (Orthophosphorus) (µg/L)

(Schedule 2010) Dissolved (filtered) pesticides

(82660) 2,6-Diethylaniline (ug/L)
(49260) Acetochlor (ug/L)
(46342) Alachlor (ug/L)
(39632) Atrazine (ug/L)
(82686) Azinphos-methyl (ug/L)
(82673) Benfluralin (ug/L)
(04028) Butylate (ug/L)
(82680) Carbaryl (ug/L)
(82674) Carbofuran (ug/L)
(38933) Chlorpyrifos (ug/L)
(04041) Cyanazine (ug/L)
(82682) DCPA (Dacthal) (ug/L)
(04040) Deethylatrazine (ug/L)
(39572) Diazinon (ug/L)
(39381) Dieldrin (ug/L)
(82677) Disulfoton (ug/L)
(82668) EPTC (ug/L)
(82663) Ethalfluralin (ug/L)
(82672) Ethoprophos (ug/L)
(04095) Fonofos (ug/L)
(39341) Lindane (ug/L)
(82666) Linuron (ug/L)
(39532) Malathion (ug/L)
(39415) Metolachlor (ug/L)
(82630) Metribuzin (Sencor) (ug/L)
(82671) Molinate (ug/L)
(82684) Napropamide (ug/L)
(39542) Parathion (ug/L)
(82667) Parathion-methyl (ug/L)
(82669) Pebulate (ug/L)
(82683) Pendimethalin (ug/L)
(82664) Phorate (ug/L)
(04037) Prometon (ug/L)
(04024) Propachlor (ug/L)
(82679) Propanil (ug/L)
(82685) Propargite (ug/L)
(82676) Propyzamide (Pronamide) (ug/L)
(04035) Simazine (ug/L)
(82670) Tebuthiuron (ug/L)
(82665) Terbacil (ug/L)
(82675) Terbufos (ug/L)
(82681) Thiobencarb (ug/L)
(82678) Tri-allate (ug/L)
(82661) Trifluralin (ug/L)
(34253) alpha-HCH (alpha-BHC) (ug/L)
(82687) cis-Permethrin (ug/L)
(34653) p,p'-DDE (ug/L)
(91063) Diazinon-d10 (surrogate) (pct)
(91064) Terbuthylazine (surrogate) (pct)
(91065) alpha-HCH-d6 (surrogate) (pct)

(Schedule 2020) Volatile organic compounds (VOC's)

(77562) 1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane (ug/L)
(34506) 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (ug/L)
(34516) 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane (ug/L)
(34511) 1,1,2-Trichloroethane (ug/L)
(77652) 1,1,2-Trichlorotrifluoroethane (ug/L)
(34496) 1,1-Dichloroethane (ug/L)
(34501) 1,1-Dichloroethylene (ug/L)
(77168) 1,1-Dichloropropene (ug/L)
(49999) 1,2,3,4-Tetramethylbenzene (ug/L)
(50000) 1,2,3,5-Tetramethylbenzene (ug/L)
(77613) 1,2,3-Trichlorobenzene (ug/L)
(77443) 1,2,3-Trichloropropane (ug/L)
(77221) 1,2,3-Trimethylbenzene (ug/L)
(34551) 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene (ug/L)
(77222) 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene (ug/L)
(82625) 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane (ug/L)
(77651) 1,2-Dibromoethane (ug/L)
(34536) 1,2-Dichlorobenzene (ug/L)
(32103) 1,2-Dichloroethane (ug/L)
(34541) 1,2-Dichloropropane (ug/L)
(77226) 1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene (ug/L)
(34566) 1,3-Dichlorobenzene (ug/L)
(77173) 1,3-Dichloropropane (ug/L)
(34571) 1,4-Dichlorobenzene (ug/L)
(77170) 2,2-Dichloropropane (ug/L)
(81595) 2-Butanone (ug/L)
(77275) 2-Chlorotoluene (ug/L)
(77103) 2-Hexanone (ug/L)
(78109) 3-Chloropropene (ug/L)
(77277) 4-Chlorotoluene (ug/L)
(77356) 4-Isopropyl-1-methylbenzene (ug/L)
(78133) 4-Methyl-2-pentanone (ug/L)
(81552) Acetone (ug/L)
(34215) Acrylonitrile (ug/L)
(34030) Benzene (ug/L)
(81555) Bromobenzene (ug/L)
(77297) Bromochloromethane (ug/L)
(32101) Bromodichloromethane (ug/L)
(50002) Bromoethene (ug/L)
(32104) Bromoform (ug/L)
(34413) Bromomethane (ug/L)
(77342) Butylbenzene (ug/L)
(77041) Carbon disulfide (ug/L)
(34301) Chlorobenzene (ug/L)
(34311) Chloroethane (ug/L)
(32106) Chloroform (ug/L)
(34418) Chloromethane (ug/L)
(32105) Dibromochloromethane (ug/L)
(30217) Dibromomethane (ug/L)
(34668) Dichlorodifluoromethane (ug/L)
(34423) Dichloromethane (ug/L)
(81576) Diethyl ether (ug/L)
(81577) Diisopropyl ether (ug/L)
(73570) Ethyl methacrylate (ug/L)
(50004) Ethyl tert-butyl ether (ug/L)
(34371) Ethylbenzene (ug/L)
(39702) Hexachlorobutadiene (ug/L)
(34396) Hexachloroethane (ug/L)
(77223) Isopropylbenzene (ug/L)
(49991) Methyl acrylate (ug/L)
(81593) Methyl acrylonitrile (ug/L)
(77424) Methyl iodide (ug/L)
(81597) Methyl methacrylate (ug/L)
(34696) Naphthalene (ug/L)
(77128) Styrene (ug/L)
(34475) Tetrachloroethylene (ug/L)
(32102) Tetrachloromethane (ug/L)
(81607) Tetrahydrofuran (ug/L)
(34010) Toluene (ug/L)
(39180) Trichloroethylene (ug/L)
(34488) Trichlorofluoromethane (ug/L)
(39175) Vinyl chloride (ug/L)
(77093) cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene (ug/L)
(85795) m- and p-Xylene (ug/L)
(77224) n-Propylbenzene (ug/L)
(77220) o-Ethyl toluene (ug/L)
(77135) o-Xylene (ug/L)
(77350) sec-Butylbenzene (ug/L)
(78032) tert-Butyl methyl ether (ug/L)
(77353) tert-Butylbenzene (ug/L)
(50005) tert-Pentyl methyl ether (ug/L)
(34546) trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene (ug/L)
(34699) trans-1,3-Dichloropropene (ug/L)
(73547) trans-1,4-Dichloro-2-butene (ug/L)
(99832) 1,2-Dichloroethane-d4 (surrogate) (pct)
(99834) 1,4-Bromofluorobenzene (surrogate) (pct)
(99833) Toluene-d8 (surrogate) (pct)

(Schedule 1369) Radon

(82303) Radon 222 (pci/L)
(76002) Radon 222 2-sigma (pci/L)

(Schedule 2703) Trace elements (Major ions and trace metals) (dissolved)

(90095) specific conductance, laboratory (uS/cm)
(01056) Manganese ug/L)
(00403) pH, laboratory (pH)
(01000) Arsenic (ug/L)
(01060) Molybdenum (ug/L)
(01040) Copper (ug/L)
(01030) Chromium (ug/L)
(01090) Zinc (ug/L)
(01106) Aluminum (ug/L)
(01075) Silver (ug/L)
(01035) Cobalt (ug/L)
(01025) Cadmium (ug/L)
(01095) Antimony (ug/L)
(01005) Barium (ug/L)
(01049) Lead (ug/L)
(22703) Uranium, natural (ug/L)
(01145) Selenium (ug/L)
(01010) Beryllium (ug/L)
(01065) Nickel (ug/L)

(Schedule 2085) Dissolved organic carbon (dissolved)

(00681) Dissolved Organic Carbon (µg/L)

(No Schedule Number) Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's)

Dichlorodifluoromethane (CCl₂F₂, or CFC-12), first produced in the 1930's (pg/Kg)
Trichlorofluoromethane (CCl₃F, or CFC-11), first produced in the 1940's (pg/Kg)
Trichlorotrifluoroethane (C₂Cl₃F₃, or CFC-13), first produced in the 1960's (pg/Kg)

Note: Chlorofluorocarbons are relatively stable volatile organic compounds that can be used for tracing and age dating young ground water. The ground water recharge date can be determined independently for CFC-11, CFC-12, and CFC-13 from the measured concentration in ground water by comparing the calculated air equilibrium concentration with the known atmospheric concentrations of the CFC's.

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