Table 2. Summary of detected pesticides from stations in the SANT NAWQA database, 1996-97

[--, no data available; mg/L, micrograms per liter; concentrations in red exceed aquatic life or human health criteria]


Pesticide

Number
of
detections/
samples

Percentage
of
detections
Maximum
concentration
(mg/L)
Aquatic
criteria
(mg/L)
Lifetime
HAL1
(mg/L)
MCL1
(mg/L)
Minimum
reporting
level
(mg/L)

Herbicides

Atrazine
141/161
88
1.1
--
23
3
0.001
Tebuthiuron
131/161
81
0.084
--
500
--
0.010
Deethylatrazine
117/161
73
0.033
--
--
--
0.002
Simazine
113/161
70
1.6
310
4
4
0.005
Metolachlor
102/161
63
1.08
--
70
--
0.002
Prometon
95/161
59
0.055
--
2100
--
0.018
Alachlor
40/161
25
0.045
--
--
2
0.002
Diuron
12/83
14
0.12
31.6
10
--
0.020
Bentazon
9/82
11
0.66
--
200
--
0.014
Fluometuron
9/83
11
0.63
--
90
--
0.035
Pronamide
11/161
6.8
0.017
--
50
--
0.003
2,4-D
4/82
4.9
0.82
--
70
70
0.035
DCPA
6/160
3.8
0.002
--
--
--
0.002
Cyanazine
6/161
3.7
0.058
--
41
--
0.004
Pendimethalin
5/161
3.1
0.034
--
--
--
0.004
Trifluralin
5/161
3.1
0.01
--
5
--
0.002
Fenuron
2/83
2.4
0.02
--
--
--
0.013
Benfluralin
3/161
1.9
0.006
--
--
--
0.002
Butylate
3/161
1.9
0.073
--
350
--
0.002
EPTC
2/161
1.2
0.004
--
--
--
0.002
Terbacil
2/161
1.2
0.063
--
90
--
0.007
Oryzalin
1/83
1.2
0.13
--
--
--
0.019
Linuron
1/161
0.6
0.011
--
--
--
0.002
Metribuzin

1/161

0.6
0.019
--
100
--
0.004
Molinate
1/161
0.6
0.011
--
--
--
0.004

Insecticides


Chlorpyrifos
67/161
42
0.095
50.041
20
--
0.004
Diazinon
44/161
27
.013
30.009
0.6
--
0.002
Malathion
33/161
20
0.216
50.1
200
--
0.005
Carbaryl
30/161
19
0.16
30.02
700
--
0.003
Carbofuran
6/161
3.7
0.31
--
40
40
0.003
Dieldrin
4/161
2.5
0.009
50.0019
--
--
0.001
Parathion
4/161
2.5
0.052
50.013
--
--
0.004
Aldicarb sufloxide
1/82
1.2
1.2
--
7
7
0.021
Aldicarb
1/83
1.2
0.48
--
7
7
0.016
p,p-DDE
1/160
0.6
0.006
--
--
--
0.006
Permethrin
1/161
0.6
0.005
--
--
--
0.005

1HAL, health advisory level; MCL, maximum contaminant level (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1996).
2Under review (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1996).
3Freshwater chronic water-quality criteria recommendations from National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineers (1973), modified from Nowell and Resek (1994).
4Draft (U.S. Environmental Protections Agency, 1996).
5Freshwater chronic water-quality criteria (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1997).