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Priority Toxic Contaminant Metadata Inventory and Associated Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls Concentration Data

In June 2019, the U.S. Geological Survey Maryland-Delaware-District of Columbia Water Science Center (MD-DE-DC WSC) team began to collect and inventory available information on toxic contaminants within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. State agencies were contacted to determine available data. Also, the National Water Information System (NWIS) and National Water Quality Database (NWQD) were queried to gather relevant data for the compilation. The resulting tables contain records for available sites where specific analyte groups, Hg (mercury), PCB (polychlorinated biphenyls), or pesticides, have been collected with appropriate supplemental metadata including media, method, time frame, and frequency of collection. Sample results span 1972-2019. Files included in the data release: Basic_Table.csv Detailed_Table.csv NWIS_PCodes.csv State_Result_Totals.csv NWIS_Result_Totals.csv

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Author(s) Brian D Banks, Trevor P Needham, Caitlyn M Dugan, Ellie P Foss orcid, Emily H Majcher orcid
Publication Date 2022-10-03
Beginning Date of Data 1972-01-01
Ending Date of Data 2018-12-23
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DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9R78SQ6
Citation Banks, B.D., Needham, T.P., Dugan, C.M., Foss, E.P., and Majcher, E.H., 2022, Priority Toxic Contaminant Metadata Inventory and Associated Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls Concentration Data: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9R78SQ6.
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