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Table 99-24.  Non-Radiological Constituents in Samples
from Drinking Water Sources Collected during 1998 and 1999


See CEMRC 1999 Report, "Radiological and non-radiological constituents in selected drinking water sources"
for descriptions of locations and methods of data collection.
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Analyte aMethod bMDL Unit Concentrations of Analytes by Location
Carlsbad Double Eagle Hobbs
1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999
Ag ICPMS 1.8E-03 µg L-1 cNA 1.6E-02 2.8E-02 <MDL 3.9E-03 3.5E-03
Al ICPMS 1.8E-03 mg L-1 3.2E-02 4.4E-03 6.8E-03 4.6E-03 1.1E-02 5.1E-03
As AA 6.0E-02 µ g L-1 5.6E-01 5.4E-01 6.6E+00 5.6E+00 6.5E+00 5.6E+00
Ba ICPMS 6.8E-03 µ g L-1 6.8E+01 7.4E+01 6.8E+01 8.8E+01 5.7E+01 6.4E+01
Be ICPMS 3.6E-02 µ g L-1 <MDL <MDL <MDL 3.6E-02 <MDL 5.4E-02
Ca ICPMS 6.1E-03 mg L-1 7.9E+01 6.1E+01 5.1E+01 4.5E+01 8.0E+01 7.0E+01
Cd ICPMS 5.8E-03 µ g L-1 <MDL 6.6E-03 3.6E-02 2.2E-02 1.4E-02 <MDL
Ce MS-Info 6.7E-04 µ g L-1 NA <MDL 6.9E-04 <MDL 8.7E-03 5.8E-03
Co ICPMS 7.6E-03 µ g L-1 <MDL 1.5E-01 1.4E-01 9.5E-02 2.3E-01 1.7E-01
Cr ICPMS 1.2E-01 µ g L-1 3.0E-01 2.7E+00 3.5E+00 2.9E+00 2.3E+00 2.5E+00
Cu ICPMS 8.9E-02 µ g L-1 <MDL 3.9E+00 1.8E+00 3.8E+00 1.9E+00 2.0E+00
Dy MS-Info 1.7E-03 µ g L-1 NA <MDL <MDL <MDL <MDL <MDL
Er MS-Info 1.8E-03 µ g L-1 NA <MDL <MDL <MDL <MDL <MDL
Eu MS-Info 9.7E-04 µ g L-1 NA 1.4E-02 2.1E-02 1.9E-02 1.4E-02 1.4E-02
Fe ICPMS 1.1E-03 mg L-1 <MDL 4.3E-03 9.0E-03 4.2E-03 6.7E-03 4.3E-03
Gd MS-Info 2.1E-03 µ g L-1 NA <MDL <MDL <MDL <MDL 3.2E-03
Hg AA 6.0E-03 µ g L-1 <MDL <MDL <MDL <MDL 8.9E-03 1.1E-02
K ICPMS 1.3E-02 mg L-1 2.9E+00 2.2E+00 2.9E+00 3.5E+00 2.5E+00 2.9E+00
La MS-Info 4.3E-04 µ g L-1 NA 1.4E-02 2.6E-02 1.4E-02 2.1E-02 1.3E-02
Li ICPMS 1.1E-01 µ g L-1 cNA 7.9E+00 1.9E+01 1.9E+01 3.1E+01 2.9E+01
Mg ICPMS 1.7E-03 mg L-1 3.4E+01 3.0E+01 1.1E+01 1.1E+01 2.1E+01 2.1E+01
Mn ICPMS 8.6E-03 µ g L-1 2.0E-01 3.2E-01 3.1E-01 2.3E-01 4.0E-01 2.5E-01
Mo ICPMS 4.9E-02 µ g L-1 7.0E-01 1.2E+00 2.3E+00 1.5E+00 2.7E+00 2.6E+00
Na ICPMS 3.7E-03 mg L-1 9.9E+01 4.1E+01 3.8E+01 3.3E+01 4.9E+01 4.0E+01
Nd MS-Info 2.3E-03 µ g L-1 NA <MDL <MDL <MDL 3.0E-03 4.5E-03
Ni ICPMS 2.2E-02 µ g L-1 <MDL 1.9E+00 1.5E+00 1.1E+00 2.5E+00 1.6E+00
Pb ICPMS 4.3E-02 µ g L-1 NA 1.5E+00 6.8E-01 1.4E+00 1.7E-01 9.4E-02
Pr MS-Info 6.9E-04 µ g L-1 NA <MDL 9.0E-04 <MDL 1.6E-03 <MDL
Sb ICPMS 5.6E-03 µ g L-1 NA 2.4E-01 NA 1.9E-02 NA 4.7E-02
Se AA 1.2E-01 µ g L-1 <MDL <MDL <MDL <MDL <MDL <MDL
Sm MS-Info 3.0E-03 µ g L-1 NA 1.7E-02 2.5E-02 3.0E-02 2.2E-02 1.8E-02
Sn ICPMS 1.2E-01 µ g L-1 NA <MDL <MDL 2.8E-01 <MDL <MDL
Sr ICPMS 2.1E-01 µ g L-1 4.6E+02 3.6E+02 5.0E+02 5.3E+02 7.9E+02 8.9E+02
Th ICPMS 9.0E-04 µ g L-1 NA 2.5E-02 3.4E-02 5.7E-03 4.6E-03 3.6E-03
Ti ICPMS 1.2E-01 µ g L-1 NA 7.7E+01 5.6E+01 5.1E+01 7.0E+01 8.5E+01
Tl ICPMS 3.8E-02 µ g L-1 NA 1.5E-01 <MDL <MDL 4.9E-02 <MDL
U ICPMS 6.0E-04 µ g L-1 NA 8.5E-01 1.8E+00 1.7E+00 3.4E+00 3.0E+00
V ICPMS 3.7E-01 µ g L-1 3.8E+00 4.5E+00 2.7E+01 1.8E+01 3.4E+01 2.2E+01
Zn ICPMS 2.7E-01 µ g L-1 4.6E+00 1.5E+01 2.3E+00 4.2E+00 2.1E+00 3.4E+00
dNitrate IC 5.9E-02 mg L-1 5.9E+00 4.9E+00 1.1E+01 1.1E+01 2.0E+01 1.8E+01
Chloride IC 2.1E-02 mg L-1 1.9E+02 7.9E+01 3.7E+01 3.5E+01 9.4E+01 7.1E+01
Phosphate IC 2.4E-01 mg L-1 <MDL <MDL <MDL <MDL <MDL <MDL
Fluoride IC 4.9E-02 mg L-1 7.8E-01 4.9E-01 1.0E+00 8.7E-01 1.3E+00 1.1E+00
Sulfate IC 1.1E-01 mg L-1 1.2E+02 1.2E+02 5.7E+01 5.1E+01 1.4E+02 1.1E+02
Analyte

aMethod

bMDL Unit Concentrations of Analytes by Location
Private Well #2 Otis Loving
1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999
Ag ICPMS 1.8E-03 µ g L-1 9.2E-03 4.6E-03 NA <MDL 3.3E-03 5.6E-03
Al ICPMS 1.8E-03 mg L-1 9.1E-03 4.6E-03 <MDL 3.5E-03 5.2E-03 3.6E-03
As AA 6.0E-02 µ g L-1 2.3E+00 2.1E+00 1.5E+00 1.2E+00 1.6E+00 1.2E+00
Ba ICPMS 6.8E-03 µ g L-1 9.1E+00 9.2E+00 1.8E+01 1.7E+01 2.9E+01 3.2E+01
Be ICPMS 3.6E-02 µ g L-1 1.9E-01 1.1E-01 <MDL <MDL <MDL 9.4E-02
Ca ICPMS 6.1E-03 mg L-1 4.4E+02 4.6E+02 2.5E+02 2.4E+02 9.2E+01 7.8E+01
Cd ICPMS 5.8E-03 µ g L-1 9.2E-02 9.9E-02 <MDL 6.9E-03 1.1E-02 1.6E-02
Ce MS-Info 6.7E-04 µ g L-1 2.5E-02 2.2E-02 NA <MDL 9.7E-04 <MDL
Co ICPMS 7.6E-03 µ g L-1 1.2E+00 1.0E+00 <MDL 5.1E-01 6.4E-01 1.8E-01
Cr ICPMS 1.2E-01 µ g L-1 3.1E+00 3.3E+00 8.6E-01 3.1E+00 2.3E+00 3.4E+00
Cu ICPMS 8.9E-02 µ g L-1 5.2E+00 9.3E+00 <MDL 4.4E+00 2.4E+00 4.7E+00
Dy MS-Info 1.7E-03 µ g L-1 3.3E-03 <MDL NA <MDL <MDL <MDL
Er MS-Info 1.8E-03 µ g L-1 <MDL <MDL NA <MDL <MDL <MDL
Eu MS-Info 9.7E-04 µ g L-1 3.8E-03 3.1E-03 NA 4.3E-03 6.5E-03 8.8E-03
Fe ICPMS 1.1E-03 mg L-1 6.8E-01 8.1E-01 <MDL 5.1E-03 <MDL 2.2E-03
Gd MS-Info 2.1E-03 µ g L-1 <MDL 5.0E-03 NA <MDL 2.1E-03 <MDL
Hg AA 6.0E-03 µ g L-1 <MDL <MDL <MDL <MDL <MDL <MDL
K ICPMS 1.3E-02 mg L-1 8.2E+00 8.2E+00 3.2E+00 3.9E+00 2.0E+00 2.5E+00
La MS-Info 4.3E-04 µ g L-1 2.1E-02 1.4E-02 NA 2.9E-03 6.8E-03 6.8E-03
Li ICPMS 1.1E-01 µ g L-1 1.8E+02 2.1E+02 NA 4.7E+01 1.7E+01 1.9E+01
Mg ICPMS 1.7E-03 mg L-1 1.7E+02 1.4E+02 8.9E+01 8.3E+01 4.1E+01 3.5E+01
Mn ICPMS 8.6E-03 µ g L-1 4.4E+01 3.1E+01 <MDL 1.7E-01 6.8E-02 <MDL
Mo ICPMS 4.9E-02 µ g L-1 3.7E+01 3.3E+01 <MDL 2.4E+00 1.5E+00 1.4E+00
Na ICPMS 3.7E-03 mg L-1 2.7E+02 2.1E+02 9.6E+01 1.1E+02 2.3E+01 1.9E+01
Nd MS-Info 2.3E-03 µ g L-1 2.0E-02 1.4E-02 NA 4.7E-03 3.4E-03 <MDL
Ni ICPMS 2.2E-02 µ g L-1 1.8E+01 1.4E+01 <MDL 7.4E+00 2.5E+00 2.2E+00
Pb ICPMS 4.3E-02 µ g L-1 9.5E-02 1.4E-01 NA 2.1E-01 1.4E+00 1.7E+00
Pr MS-Info 6.9E-04 µ g L-1 4.5E-03 1.7E-03 NA <MDL <MDL <MDL
Sb ICPMS 5.6E-03 µ g L-1 NA 2.2E-02 NA 4.0E-02 NA 2.5E-01
Se AA 1.2E-01 µ g L-1 1.4E-01 <MDL <MDL <MDL <MDL <MDL
Sm MS-Info 3.0E-03 µ g L-1 7.7E-03 3.2E-03 NA 3.3E-03 1.1E-02 1.0E-02
Sn ICPMS 1.2E-01 µ g L-1 <MDL <MDL NA <MDL <MDL 3.8E-01
Sr ICPMS 2.1E-01 µ g L-1 5.6E+03 6.9E+03 2.8E+03 2.8E+03 6.5E+02 8.2E+02
Th ICPMS 9.0E-04 µ g L-1 6.0E-03 4.1E-03 NA 6.6E-03 3.7E-03 1.1E-02
Ti ICPMS 1.2E-01 µ g L-1 1.0E+03 1.1E+03 NA 4.4E+02 7.9E+01 1.1E+02
Tl ICPMS 3.8E-02 µ g L-1 3.6E-01 2.2E-01 NA <MDL 5.1E-02 <MDL
U ICPMS 6.0E-04 µ g L-1 1.7E+01 1.4E+01 NA 4.2E+00 2.0E+00 2.0E+00
V ICPMS 3.7E-01 µ g L-1 1.7E+01 1.1E+01 9.4E+00 9.7E+00 1.2E+01 9.2E+00
Zn ICPMS 2.7E-01 µ g L-1 3.9E+01 2.2E+01 <MDL 1.1E+01 4.8E+00 7.8E+00
dNitrate IC 5.9E-02 mg L-1 1.4E+00 1.5E+00 1.9E+01 2.2E+01 2.3E+01 2.1E+01
Chloride IC 2.1E-02 mg L-1 5.0E+02 4.8E+02 2.7E+02 3.9E+02 2.9E+01 2.3E+01
Phosphate IC 2.4E-01 mg L-1 <MDL <MDL <MDL <MDL <MDL <MDL
Fluoride IC 4.9E-02 mg L-1 1.7E+00 1.4E+00 9.4E-01 5.5E-01 6.0E-01 5.7E-01
Sulfate IC 1.1E-01 mg L-1 2.3E+03 2.5E+03 6.5E+02 7.5E+02 2.0E+02 2.0E+02
aMethod: ICPMS = Inductively Coupled Mass Spectroscopy, IC = Ion Chromatography, AA = Atomic Absorption, MS-Info = Non-Calibrated Mass Spectroscopy (for information only)
b MDL = Method Detection Limit
c NA = Not Analyzed
dNitrate = total nitrate, not reduced to N