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Field, laboratory, and third-party quality-control data associated with sites and analytes monitored by the USGS National Water Quality Network, October 2017 through September 2022

From October 2017 through September 2022, the National Water Quality Network (NWQN) monitored 110 surface-water river and stream sites and more than 1,800 groundwater wells for a large number of water-quality analytes, for which associated quality-control data and corresponding statistical summaries are included in this data release. The quality-control data—for samples that were collected in the
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Water Resources Mission Area, New England Water Science Center

Data for volatile organic compounds in groundwater used for public supply across the United States, 2013-19, and data for associated quality-control samples

This data release includes tables and time-series plots of results for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) analyzed in samples of groundwater used for public supply that were collected by the USGS National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Project and the California State Water Resources Control Board’s Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment Program Priority Basin Project (GAMA-PBP) during 201
By
Water Resources Mission Area
TM23-02 Discontinuation of surrogate compound tetrahydrofuran-d8 and addition of surrogate compound 1,3-dioxane to National Water Quality Laboratory schedules 4437 and 4447 that use Method O-4437-16
TM23-02 Discontinuation of surrogate compound tetrahydrofuran-d8 and addition of surrogate compound 1,3-dioxane to National Water Quality Laboratory schedules 4437 and 4447 that use Method O-4437-16

TM23-02 Discontinuation of surrogate compound tetrahydrofuran-d8 and addition of surrogate compound 1,3-dioxane to National Water Quality Laboratory schedules 4437 and 4447 that use Method O-4437-16

TM23-02 Discontinuation of surrogate compound tetrahydrofuran-d8 and addition of surrogate compound 1,3-dioxane to National Water Quality Laboratory schedules 4437 and 4447 that use Method O-4437-16

This memorandum alerts users of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water Quality Laboratory (NWQL) of a modification to USGS Method O-4437-16: Determination of heat purgeable and ambient purgeable volatile organic compounds in water by gas chromatography/ mass spectrometry [GC/MS] (Rose and others, 2016).

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National Water Quality Laboratory
TM23-02 Discontinuation of surrogate compound tetrahydrofuran-d8 and addition of surrogate compound 1,3-dioxane to National Water Quality Laboratory schedules 4437 and 4447 that use Method O-4437-16

TM23-02 Discontinuation of surrogate compound tetrahydrofuran-d8 and addition of surrogate compound 1,3-dioxane to National Water Quality Laboratory schedules 4437 and 4447 that use Method O-4437-16

TM23-02 Discontinuation of surrogate compound tetrahydrofuran-d8 and addition of surrogate compound 1,3-dioxane to National Water Quality Laboratory schedules 4437 and 4447 that use Method O-4437-16

This memorandum alerts users of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water Quality Laboratory (NWQL) of a modification to USGS Method O-4437-16: Determination of heat purgeable and ambient purgeable volatile organic compounds in water by gas chromatography/ mass spectrometry [GC/MS] (Rose and others, 2016).

By
National Water Quality Laboratory
TM98-06 Elimination of Acrolein from NWQL Schedules 2020, 2021 and Deletion of Schedule 1401
TM98-06 Elimination of Acrolein from NWQL Schedules 2020, 2021 and Deletion of Schedule 1401

TM98-06 Elimination of Acrolein from NWQL Schedules 2020, 2021 and Deletion of Schedule 1401

TM98-06 Elimination of Acrolein from NWQL Schedules 2020, 2021 and Deletion of Schedule 1401

This technical memorandum pertains to the elimination of acrolein (WATSTORE Code 34210, CAS (Chemical Abstract Service) number 107-02-8) from National Water Quality Laboratory (NWQL) schedules 2020, 2021, and deletion of schedule 1401, due to an equipment change.

By
Water Resources Mission Area, National Water Quality Laboratory
TM98-06 Elimination of Acrolein from NWQL Schedules 2020, 2021 and Deletion of Schedule 1401

TM98-06 Elimination of Acrolein from NWQL Schedules 2020, 2021 and Deletion of Schedule 1401

TM98-06 Elimination of Acrolein from NWQL Schedules 2020, 2021 and Deletion of Schedule 1401

This technical memorandum pertains to the elimination of acrolein (WATSTORE Code 34210, CAS (Chemical Abstract Service) number 107-02-8) from National Water Quality Laboratory (NWQL) schedules 2020, 2021, and deletion of schedule 1401, due to an equipment change.

By
Water Resources Mission Area, National Water Quality Laboratory

Determination of heat purgeable and ambient purgeable volatile organic compounds in water by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

Two new analytical methods have been developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water Quality Laboratory (NWQL) that allow the determination of 37 heat purgeable volatile organic compounds (VOCs) (USGS Method O-4437-16 [NWQL Laboratory Schedule (LS) 4437]) and 49 ambient purgeable VOCs (USGS Method O-4436-16 [NWQL LS 4436]) in unfiltered water. This report documents the procedures and
Authors
Donna L. Rose, Mark W. Sandstrom, Lucinda K. Murtagh
By
Water Resources Mission Area, National Water Quality Laboratory

Determination of (4-methylcyclohexyl)methanol isomers by heated purge-and-trap GC/MS in water samples from the 2014 Elk River, West Virginia, chemical spill

A heated purge-and-trap gas chromatography/mass spectrometry method was used to determine the cis- and trans-isomers of (4-methylcyclohexyl)methanol (4-MCHM), the reported major component of the Crude MCHM/Dowanol™ PPh glycol ether material spilled into the Elk River upriver from Charleston, West Virginia, on January 9, 2014. The trans-isomer eluted first and method detection limits were 0.16-μg L
Authors
William T. Foreman, Donna L. Rose, Douglas B. Chambers, Angela S. Crain, Lucinda K. Murtagh, Haresh Thakellapalli, Kung K. Wang

Quality of volatile organic compound data from groundwater and surface water for the National Water-Quality Assessment Program, October 1996–December 2008

This report describes the quality of volatile organic compound (VOC) data collected from October 1996 to December 2008 from groundwater and surface-water sites for the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. The VOC data described were collected for three NAWQA site types: (1) domestic and public-supply wells, (2) monitoring wells, and (3) surface-water sites. C
Authors
David A. Bender, John S. Zogorski, David K. Mueller, Donna L. Rose, Jeffrey D. Martin, Cassandra K. Brenner
By
Water Resources Mission Area, Dakota Water Science Center

Design and evaluation of a field study on the contamination of selected volatile organic compounds and wastewater-indicator compounds in blanks and groundwater samples

The Field Contamination Study (FCS) was designed to determine the field processes that tend to result in clean field blanks and to identify potential sources of contamination to blanks collected in the field from selected volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and wastewater-indicator compounds (WICs). The VOCs and WICs analyzed in the FCS were detected in blanks collected by the U.S. Geological Survey
Authors
Susan A. Thiros, David A. Bender, David K. Mueller, Donna L. Rose, Lisa D. Olsen, Jeffrey D. Martin, Bruce Bernard, John S. Zogorski
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Water Resources Mission Area, Dakota Water Science Center, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center, Utah Water Science Center

Methods of analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Laboratory-Determination of gasoline oxygenates, selected degradates, and BTEX in water by heated purge and trap/gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

A method for determination of the alkyl ethers u sed as gasoline oxygenates [ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE), methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), diisopropyl ether (DIPE), and tert-amyl methyl ether (TAME)], some of their main degradates [acetone, methyl acetate, tert-butyl alcohol (tBA), and tert-amyl alcohol (tAA)], and BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes) at low concentrations (<5 micro
Authors
Donna L. Rose, Mark W. Sandstrom
By
Water Resources Mission Area, National Water Quality Laboratory

Methods of analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Laboratory-Determination of 86 volatile organic compounds in water by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, including detections less than reporting limits

This report presents precision and accuracy data for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the nanogram-per-liter range, including aromatic hydrocarbons, reformulated fuel components, and halogenated hydrocarbons using purge and trap capillary-column gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. One-hundred-four VOCs were initially tested. Of these, 86 are suitable for determination by this method. Sel
Authors
Brooke F. Connor, Donna L. Rose, Mary C. Noriega, Lucinda K. Murtaugh, Sonja R. Abney
By
Water Resources Mission Area, National Water Quality Laboratory

Laboratory method for analysis of small concentrations of methyl tert-butyl rther and other ether gasoline oxygenates in water

This Fact Sheet presents data for analysis of nanogram-per-liter concentrations of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) and three other ether gasoline oxygenates, including methyl tert-pentyl ether (TAME), diisopropyl ether (DIPE), and ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE), by purge- and-trap capillary-column gas chromatography. Long-term method detection levels (LT-MDLs) for MTBE, TAME, DIPE, and ETBE ranged f
Authors
Donna L. Rose, Brooke F. Connor, Sonja R. Abney, Jon W. Raese
By
Water Resources Mission Area, National Water Quality Laboratory

U.S. Geological Survey laboratory method for methyl tert-butyl ether and other fuel oxygenates

Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) was found in shallow ground-water samples in a study of 8 urban and 20 agricultural areas throughout the United States in 1993 and 1994 (Squillace and others, 1995, p. 1). The compound is added to gasoline either seasonally or year round in many parts of the United States to increase the octane level and to reduce carbon monoxide and ozone levels in the air. The U
Authors
Jon W. Raese, Donna L. Rose, Mark W. Sandstrom
By
Water Resources Mission Area, National Water Quality Laboratory

Science and Products

Field, laboratory, and third-party quality-control data associated with sites and analytes monitored by the USGS National Water Quality Network, October 2017 through September 2022

From October 2017 through September 2022, the National Water Quality Network (NWQN) monitored 110 surface-water river and stream sites and more than 1,800 groundwater wells for a large number of water-quality analytes, for which associated quality-control data and corresponding statistical summaries are included in this data release. The quality-control data—for samples that were collected in the
By
Water Resources Mission Area, New England Water Science Center

Data for volatile organic compounds in groundwater used for public supply across the United States, 2013-19, and data for associated quality-control samples

This data release includes tables and time-series plots of results for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) analyzed in samples of groundwater used for public supply that were collected by the USGS National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Project and the California State Water Resources Control Board’s Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment Program Priority Basin Project (GAMA-PBP) during 201
By
Water Resources Mission Area
TM23-02 Discontinuation of surrogate compound tetrahydrofuran-d8 and addition of surrogate compound 1,3-dioxane to National Water Quality Laboratory schedules 4437 and 4447 that use Method O-4437-16
TM23-02 Discontinuation of surrogate compound tetrahydrofuran-d8 and addition of surrogate compound 1,3-dioxane to National Water Quality Laboratory schedules 4437 and 4447 that use Method O-4437-16

TM23-02 Discontinuation of surrogate compound tetrahydrofuran-d8 and addition of surrogate compound 1,3-dioxane to National Water Quality Laboratory schedules 4437 and 4447 that use Method O-4437-16

TM23-02 Discontinuation of surrogate compound tetrahydrofuran-d8 and addition of surrogate compound 1,3-dioxane to National Water Quality Laboratory schedules 4437 and 4447 that use Method O-4437-16

This memorandum alerts users of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water Quality Laboratory (NWQL) of a modification to USGS Method O-4437-16: Determination of heat purgeable and ambient purgeable volatile organic compounds in water by gas chromatography/ mass spectrometry [GC/MS] (Rose and others, 2016).

By
National Water Quality Laboratory
TM23-02 Discontinuation of surrogate compound tetrahydrofuran-d8 and addition of surrogate compound 1,3-dioxane to National Water Quality Laboratory schedules 4437 and 4447 that use Method O-4437-16

TM23-02 Discontinuation of surrogate compound tetrahydrofuran-d8 and addition of surrogate compound 1,3-dioxane to National Water Quality Laboratory schedules 4437 and 4447 that use Method O-4437-16

TM23-02 Discontinuation of surrogate compound tetrahydrofuran-d8 and addition of surrogate compound 1,3-dioxane to National Water Quality Laboratory schedules 4437 and 4447 that use Method O-4437-16

This memorandum alerts users of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water Quality Laboratory (NWQL) of a modification to USGS Method O-4437-16: Determination of heat purgeable and ambient purgeable volatile organic compounds in water by gas chromatography/ mass spectrometry [GC/MS] (Rose and others, 2016).

By
National Water Quality Laboratory
TM98-06 Elimination of Acrolein from NWQL Schedules 2020, 2021 and Deletion of Schedule 1401
TM98-06 Elimination of Acrolein from NWQL Schedules 2020, 2021 and Deletion of Schedule 1401

TM98-06 Elimination of Acrolein from NWQL Schedules 2020, 2021 and Deletion of Schedule 1401

TM98-06 Elimination of Acrolein from NWQL Schedules 2020, 2021 and Deletion of Schedule 1401

This technical memorandum pertains to the elimination of acrolein (WATSTORE Code 34210, CAS (Chemical Abstract Service) number 107-02-8) from National Water Quality Laboratory (NWQL) schedules 2020, 2021, and deletion of schedule 1401, due to an equipment change.

By
Water Resources Mission Area, National Water Quality Laboratory
TM98-06 Elimination of Acrolein from NWQL Schedules 2020, 2021 and Deletion of Schedule 1401

TM98-06 Elimination of Acrolein from NWQL Schedules 2020, 2021 and Deletion of Schedule 1401

TM98-06 Elimination of Acrolein from NWQL Schedules 2020, 2021 and Deletion of Schedule 1401

This technical memorandum pertains to the elimination of acrolein (WATSTORE Code 34210, CAS (Chemical Abstract Service) number 107-02-8) from National Water Quality Laboratory (NWQL) schedules 2020, 2021, and deletion of schedule 1401, due to an equipment change.

By
Water Resources Mission Area, National Water Quality Laboratory

Determination of heat purgeable and ambient purgeable volatile organic compounds in water by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

Two new analytical methods have been developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water Quality Laboratory (NWQL) that allow the determination of 37 heat purgeable volatile organic compounds (VOCs) (USGS Method O-4437-16 [NWQL Laboratory Schedule (LS) 4437]) and 49 ambient purgeable VOCs (USGS Method O-4436-16 [NWQL LS 4436]) in unfiltered water. This report documents the procedures and
Authors
Donna L. Rose, Mark W. Sandstrom, Lucinda K. Murtagh
By
Water Resources Mission Area, National Water Quality Laboratory

Determination of (4-methylcyclohexyl)methanol isomers by heated purge-and-trap GC/MS in water samples from the 2014 Elk River, West Virginia, chemical spill

A heated purge-and-trap gas chromatography/mass spectrometry method was used to determine the cis- and trans-isomers of (4-methylcyclohexyl)methanol (4-MCHM), the reported major component of the Crude MCHM/Dowanol™ PPh glycol ether material spilled into the Elk River upriver from Charleston, West Virginia, on January 9, 2014. The trans-isomer eluted first and method detection limits were 0.16-μg L
Authors
William T. Foreman, Donna L. Rose, Douglas B. Chambers, Angela S. Crain, Lucinda K. Murtagh, Haresh Thakellapalli, Kung K. Wang

Quality of volatile organic compound data from groundwater and surface water for the National Water-Quality Assessment Program, October 1996–December 2008

This report describes the quality of volatile organic compound (VOC) data collected from October 1996 to December 2008 from groundwater and surface-water sites for the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. The VOC data described were collected for three NAWQA site types: (1) domestic and public-supply wells, (2) monitoring wells, and (3) surface-water sites. C
Authors
David A. Bender, John S. Zogorski, David K. Mueller, Donna L. Rose, Jeffrey D. Martin, Cassandra K. Brenner
By
Water Resources Mission Area, Dakota Water Science Center

Design and evaluation of a field study on the contamination of selected volatile organic compounds and wastewater-indicator compounds in blanks and groundwater samples

The Field Contamination Study (FCS) was designed to determine the field processes that tend to result in clean field blanks and to identify potential sources of contamination to blanks collected in the field from selected volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and wastewater-indicator compounds (WICs). The VOCs and WICs analyzed in the FCS were detected in blanks collected by the U.S. Geological Survey
Authors
Susan A. Thiros, David A. Bender, David K. Mueller, Donna L. Rose, Lisa D. Olsen, Jeffrey D. Martin, Bruce Bernard, John S. Zogorski
By
Water Resources Mission Area, Dakota Water Science Center, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center, Utah Water Science Center

Methods of analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Laboratory-Determination of gasoline oxygenates, selected degradates, and BTEX in water by heated purge and trap/gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

A method for determination of the alkyl ethers u sed as gasoline oxygenates [ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE), methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), diisopropyl ether (DIPE), and tert-amyl methyl ether (TAME)], some of their main degradates [acetone, methyl acetate, tert-butyl alcohol (tBA), and tert-amyl alcohol (tAA)], and BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes) at low concentrations (<5 micro
Authors
Donna L. Rose, Mark W. Sandstrom
By
Water Resources Mission Area, National Water Quality Laboratory

Methods of analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Laboratory-Determination of 86 volatile organic compounds in water by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, including detections less than reporting limits

This report presents precision and accuracy data for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the nanogram-per-liter range, including aromatic hydrocarbons, reformulated fuel components, and halogenated hydrocarbons using purge and trap capillary-column gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. One-hundred-four VOCs were initially tested. Of these, 86 are suitable for determination by this method. Sel
Authors
Brooke F. Connor, Donna L. Rose, Mary C. Noriega, Lucinda K. Murtaugh, Sonja R. Abney
By
Water Resources Mission Area, National Water Quality Laboratory

Laboratory method for analysis of small concentrations of methyl tert-butyl rther and other ether gasoline oxygenates in water

This Fact Sheet presents data for analysis of nanogram-per-liter concentrations of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) and three other ether gasoline oxygenates, including methyl tert-pentyl ether (TAME), diisopropyl ether (DIPE), and ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE), by purge- and-trap capillary-column gas chromatography. Long-term method detection levels (LT-MDLs) for MTBE, TAME, DIPE, and ETBE ranged f
Authors
Donna L. Rose, Brooke F. Connor, Sonja R. Abney, Jon W. Raese
By
Water Resources Mission Area, National Water Quality Laboratory

U.S. Geological Survey laboratory method for methyl tert-butyl ether and other fuel oxygenates

Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) was found in shallow ground-water samples in a study of 8 urban and 20 agricultural areas throughout the United States in 1993 and 1994 (Squillace and others, 1995, p. 1). The compound is added to gasoline either seasonally or year round in many parts of the United States to increase the octane level and to reduce carbon monoxide and ozone levels in the air. The U
Authors
Jon W. Raese, Donna L. Rose, Mark W. Sandstrom
By
Water Resources Mission Area, National Water Quality Laboratory
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