Table 2.  Number of sites sampled, detections, and nondetections of organic compounds in the Rio Grande/Río Bravo Basin

Organic compound

No. of sites

Detections

Nondetections

 

Organic compound

No. of sites

Detections

Nondetections

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acenaphthylene

25

0

99

 

2-Chlorophenol

24

0

99

Acrylonitrile

25

0

86

 

2-Nitrophenol

24

0

99

Anthracene

21

0

94

 

di (n-octyl) Phthalate

24

0

99

Benzo(b)fluoranthene

25

0

100

 

2,4-Dichlorophenol

24

1

96

Benzene

25

0

96

 

2,4,-Dimethylphenol

24

0

98

Benzo(k)fluoranthene

25

0

100

 

2,4-Dinitrotoluene

24

0

99

Benzo(a)pyrene

25

0

99

 

2,4-Dinitrophenol

24

0

99

beta Benzene hexachloride

25

0

6

 

2,4,6-Trichlorophenol

24

0

97

bis(Chloromethyl)ether

5

0

6

 

2,6-Dinitrotoluene

24

0

98

delta Benzene hexachloride

6

0

6

 

3,3-Dichlorobenzidine

24

0

99

bis(2-Chloroethyl)ether

6

0

99

 

4-Bromophenyl phenyl ether

24

0

97

bis(2-Chloroethoxy)methane

25

0

100

 

4-Chlorophenyl phenyl ether

24

0

99

bis(2-Chloroisopropyl)ether

25

0

100

 

4-Nitrophenol

24

0

99

Bromoform

25

0

96

 

Phenol (C6H5OH)

24

0

99

n-butyl Benzyl phthalate

25

0

100

 

trans-1,3-Dichloropropene

23

0

92

Carbon tetrachloride

25

0

97

 

cis-1,3-Dichloropropene

23

0

93

Chlorobenzene

25

2

94

 

PCP (pentachlorophenol)

45

0

176

Chlorodibromomethane

25

0

96

 

Chlordane nonachlor, trans isomer

28

0

63

Chloroethane

25

1

94

 

alpha Benzene hexachloride

46

0

161

Chloroform

25

16

90

 

bis(2-Ethylhexyl)phthalate

40

15

142

Chrysene

25

0

100

 

di (n-butyl) Phthalate

39

4

150

Dichlorobromomethane

24

0

93

 

Pentachlorobenzene

20

0

63

Dichlorodifluoromethane

6

0

6

 

Benzidine

23

0

92

Diethyl phthalate

25

0

100

 

Polychlorinated naphthalenes

4

0

6

Dimethyl phthalate

25

0

96

 

p,p'-DDT

32

1

66

1,2-Diphenylhydrazine

24

0

91

 

o,p'-DDT

28

0

63

Endosulfan sulfate

28

0

119

 

p,p'-DDD

32

0

68

Endosulfan, beta

6

0

6

 

o,p'-DDD

28

0

62

Endosulfan, alpha

6

0

6

 

p,p'-DDE

32

24

44

Endrin aldehyde

6

0

6

 

o,p'-DDE

28

0

63

Ethylbenzene

25

1

95

 

Chlordane

59

23

271

Fluoranthene

25

0

100

 

Endosulfan

22

0

94

Fluorene

25

0

99

 

Heptachlor epoxide

60

0

294

Hexachlorocyclopentadiene

25

0

99

 

Methoxychlor

60

0

299

Hexachloroethane

25

0

100

 

PCB-1221

25

0

90

Indeno (1,2,3-cd) pyrene

25

0

100

 

PCB-1232

25

0

90

Isophorone

25

0

100

 

PCB-1242

25

0

90

Methylene chloride

25

18

78

 

PCB-1248

25

0

90

N-Nitrosodi-n-propylamine

25

0

100

 

Arochlor 1254

25

0

90

N-Nitrosodiphenylamine

25

0

100

 

PCB-1260

25

0

90

Methyl bromide

6

0

6

 

PCB-1016

25

0

90

Methyl chloride

6

0

6

 

PCBs

55

29

197

N-Nitrosodimethylamine

24

0

92

 

Guthion

23

0

78

Naphthalene

25

0

100

 

Methyl parathion

42

0

173

Nitrobenzene

25

0

100

 

Atrazine

5

0

5

Parachlorometa cresol

22

0

75

 

Hexachlorobenzene

45

0

171

Phenanthrene

21

0

94

 

Hexachlorobutadiene

24

0

99

Pyrene dry

25

0

100

 

2,4-D

45

0

178

Tetrachloroethylene

24

2

92

 

2,4,5-T

42

0

173

Toluene

25

26

81

 

Silvex

51

0

200

Trichloroethylene

24

0

92

 

Lindane

60

0

304

Vinyl chloride

25

0

95

 

Xylene

24

0

95

1,1-Dichloroethane

24

0

95

 

Hexachlorophene

19

0

56

Trichlorofluoromethane

6

0

6

 

N-Nitrosodi-n-butylamine

19

0

56

1,1-Dichloroethylene

23

0

87

 

Styrene

5

0

5

1,1,1-Trichloroethane

24

0

94

 

2,4,5-Trichlorophenol

20

0

66

1,1,2-Trichloroethane

24

0

94

 

Mirex

23

0

68

1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane

24

1

92

 

Dursban

23

0

80

Benzo(g,h,i)perylene 1,1,2-benzoperylene

24

0

99

 

Sevin

15

0

27

Benzo(a)anthracene 1,2-benzanthracene

24

0

99

 

Anthracene and phenanthrene

5

0

5

1,2-Dichloroethane

24

0

95

 

Demeton

15

0

37

1,2-Dichlorobenzene

24

0

99

 

Bromomethane

21

0

90

1,2-Dichloropropane

24

0

94

 

1,2-Dibromoethane

21

0

77

trans-1,2-Dichloroethene

22

0

88

 

Cresol

20

9

73

1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene

24

0

96

 

N-Nitrosodiethylamine

19

0

56

1,2,5,6-Dibenzanthracene

24

0

99

 

Pyridine

19

0

58

1,3-Dichlorobenzene

24

0

99

 

1,2,4,5-Tetrachlorobenzene

19

0

56

1,4-Dichlorobenzene

24

0

99

 

Chloromethane

21

0

89

2-Chloroethyl vinyl ether

21

0

89

 

Chlorfenvinphos

5

0

5

2-Chloronaphthalene

24

0

99

 

Chlorothalonil

5

0

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Detections

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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