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Chemical concentrations in water and suspended sediment, Green River to Lower Duwamish Waterway near Seattle, Washington, 2016–17

Data Series 1073
Prepared in cooperation with the Washington State Department of Ecology
By: , , , , and 
https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1073

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Abstract

From August 2016 to March 2017, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collected representative samples of filtered and unfiltered water and suspended sediment (including the colloidal fraction) at USGS streamgage 12113390 (Duwamish River at Golf Course, at Tukwila, Washington) during 13 periods of differing flow conditions. Samples were analyzed by Washington-State-accredited laboratories for a large suite of compounds, including metals, dioxins/furans, semivolatile compounds including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, butyltins, the 209 polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners, and total and dissolved organic carbon. Concurrent with the chemistry sampling, water-quality field parameters were measured, and representative water samples were collected and analyzed for river suspended-sediment concentration and particle-size distribution. The results provide new data that can be used to estimate sediment and chemical loads transported by the Green River to the Lower Duwamish Waterway.

Suggested Citation

Conn, K.E., Black, R.W., Peterson, N.T., Senter, C.A., and Chapman, E.A., 2018, Chemical concentrations in water and suspended sediment, Green River to Lower Duwamish Waterway near Seattle, Washington, 2016–17: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1073, 17 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1073.

ISSN: 2327-638X (online)

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Table of Contents

  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Methods
  • Hydrology and Field Parameter Data
  • Quality-Control Chemical Concentrations
  • Environmental Chemical Concentrations in Water and Suspended Sediment
  • Acknowledgments
  • References Cited
  • Appendix A. Analytical Chemistry Results
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Chemical concentrations in water and suspended sediment, Green River to Lower Duwamish Waterway near Seattle, Washington, 2016–17
Series title Data Series
Series number 1073
DOI 10.3133/ds1073
Year Published 2018
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Washington Water Science Center
Description Report: v, 17 p.; Appendix
Country United States
State Washington
City Seattle
Other Geospatial Green River, Lower Duwamish Waterway
Online Only (Y/N) Y
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