USGS Scientific Invesigations Report 2012–5068  - Reconnaissance of Contaminants in Selected Wastewater-Treatment-Plant Effluent and Stormwater Runoff Entering the Columbia River, Columbia River Basin, Washington and Oregon, 2008–10 

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Scientific Investigations Report 2012–5068 

Reconnaissance of Contaminants in Selected Wastewater-Treatment-Plant Effluent and Stormwater Runoff Entering the Columbia River, Columbia River Basin, Washington and Oregon, 2008–10 

Appendix A. – Methods, Reporting Limits, and Analyte Information 

Table A1. Reporting limits and possible uses or sources of halogenated compounds analyzed in solids filtered from wastewater-treatment-plant effluent or stormwater runoff, Columbia River Basin, Washington and Oregon, 2008–10. 

Table A2. Reporting limits and possible uses or sources of anthropogenic organic compounds analyzed in unfiltered wastewater-treatment-plant effluent, Columbia River Basin, Washington and Oregon, 2008–09.

Table A3. Reporting limits and intended uses of pharmaceuticals analyzed in filtered wastewater-treatment-plant effluent, Columbia River Basin, Washington and Oregon, 2008–09.

Table A4. Reporting limits, uses, and classes of currently used pesticides and degradates analyzed in filtered wastewater-treatment-plant effluent or stormwater runoff, Columbia River Basin, Washington and Oregon, 2009–10.

Table A5. Reporting limits of polyaromatic hydrocarbons analyzed in unfiltered stormwater runoff, Columbia River Basin, Washington and Oregon, 2009–10.

Table A6. Reporting limits and methods used for trace elements analyzed in stormwater runoff, Columbia River Basin, Washington and Oregon, 2009–10.

First posted April 25, 2012

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U.S. Geological Survey
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Portland, Oregon 97201
http://or.water.usgs.gov

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