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Scientific Investigations Report 2012–5091


Reconnaissance of Land-Use Sources of Pesticides in Drinking Water, McKenzie River Basin, Oregon


Table 11. Summary of results from pre-storm and storm samples.


[Number of samples: Number in parentheses represents detections based on common detection level of 0.1 µg/L. Abbreviations: E, concentration estimated between the minimum detection level and the laboratory reporting limit; µg/L, microgram per liter]


Season Sample
type
Number of
samples
Compound Concentration

(µg/L)
64th stormwater pipe
Fall 2002 Pre-storm 4 (0) CIAT E 0.005
Caffeine 0.036
Carbaryl E 0.017
Prometon E 0.010
Storm 5 (1) Caffeine 0.77
Carbaryl E 0.091
Diazinon 0.044
Prometon E 0.010
Trifluralin E 0.002
69th stormwater channel
Spring 2004 Pre-storm 11 (7) 2,4-D 0.68
Atrazine 0.023
Caffeine 0.46
Carbaryl E 1.26
Diazinon 0.089
Dicamba 0.58
Diuron E 3.82
Malathion 0.04
Metolachlor E 0.01
Siduron 0.16
Sulfometuron-methyl E 1.61
Storm 11 (7) 2,4-D 0.32
Atrazine 0.15
Caffeine 0.38
Carbaryl E 1.3
Desulfinylfipronil E 0.004
Diazinon 0.36
Diuron E 6.07
Fipronil E 0.014
Metolachlor E 0.009
Prometon E 0.05
Sulfometuron-methyl E 1.33
Fall 2004 Pre-storm 8 (0) Atrazine 0.011
CIAT E 0.004
Caffeine 0.068
Carbaryl E 0.006
Diuron 0.08
OIET E 0.042
Prometon 0.02
Sulfometuron-methyl E 0.008
Storm 3 (3) 2,4-D 0.12
Caffeine E 0.31
Diuron E 0.16

First posted May 30, 2012

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