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Quality-assurance data for routine water analysis in the laboratories of the US Geological Survey; 1981 annual report

Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4090
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri834090

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Abstract

The U.S. Geological Survey maintains a quality-assurance program based on the analysis of reference samples for its two water-analysis laboratories located in Atlanta, Georgia and Denver, Colorado. Reference containing inorganic constituents are prepared at the U.S. Geological Survey 's Ocala, Florida, office and disguised as routine samples, and sent daily to each laboratory through other U.S. Geological Survey offices. The results are permanently stored in the National Water Data Storage and Retrieval System (WATSTORE), the U.S. Geological Survey 's data base for all water data. These data are analyzed statistically for precision and bias. The results of these statistical analyses are presented for data collected during the 1981 calendar year. In addition, one sample containing known concentrations of trihalomethanes and samples containing unknown concentrations of chlorophyll a were analyzed in both laboratories, and these results also are presented. (USGS)

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Peart, D., Thomas, N., 1983, Quality-assurance data for routine water analysis in the laboratories of the US Geological Survey; 1981 annual report: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4090, viii, 120 p. :ill. ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri834090.

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Quality-assurance data for routine water analysis in the laboratories of the US Geological Survey; 1981 annual report
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 83-4090
DOI 10.3133/wri834090
Year Published 1983
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey,
Description viii, 120 p. :ill. ;28 cm.
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