Selected quality assurance data for water samples collected by the US Geological Survey, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho, 1980 to 1988
Water-Resources Investigations Report
89-4168
By: S.J. Wegner
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Abstract
Multiple water samples from 115 wells and 3 surface water sites were collected between 1980 and 1988 for the ongoing quality assurance program at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory. The reported results from the six laboratories involved were analyzed for agreement using descriptive statistics. The constituents and properties included: tritium, plutonium-238, plutonium-239, -240 (undivided), strontium-90, americium-241, cesium-137, total dissolved chromium, selected dissolved trace metals, sodium, chloride, nitrate, selected purgeable organic compounds, and specific conductance. Agreement could not be calculated for purgeable organic compounds, trace metals, some nitrates and blank sample analyses because analytical uncertainties were not consistently reported. However, differences between results for most of these data were calculated. The blank samples were not analyzed for differences. The laboratory results analyzed using descriptive statistics showed a median agreement between all useable data pairs of 95%. (USGS)
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Wegner, S., 1989, Selected quality assurance data for water samples collected by the US Geological Survey, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho, 1980 to 1988: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 89-4168, v, 91 p. :ill. ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri894168.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Selected quality assurance data for water samples collected by the US Geological Survey, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho, 1980 to 1988 |
| Series title | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Series number | 89-4168 |
| DOI | 10.3133/wri894168 |
| Year Published | 1989 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey ; Books and Open-File Reports [distributor], |
| Description | v, 91 p. :ill. ;28 cm. |