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Preparation PeriphytonPrepEcy Preparation and Processing of Periphyton Soft Tissue for Taxonomic Identification, and Analysis for Chlorophyll a, Ash Free Dry Weight, Percent Total Solids, Total Organic Carbon, Metals, and Nutrients. Anderson, P.D. and S. Collyard, 2016. EAP SOPXX, V 1.0. Washington State Department of Ecology, Olympia, WA. http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/quality.html Y
PREPARATION DECANT Decant Y
PREPARATION RYDIN2000P-DITH Dithionate Extraction for Fe-Bound Phosphorus Rydin, Emil, Brian Huser and Eugene B. Welch, 2000. Amount of Phosphorus Inactivated by Alum Treatments in Washington Lakes, Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 45, No. 1 (Jan., 2000), pp. 226-230 and Psenner, R., et al., 1988. Y
PREPARATION SIEVE-0.075MM Sieved with 0.075 millimeter (75 um) screen Y
Preparation SM16-302F Nitric Acid-Perchloric Acid Digestion for Metals Standard Methods 16th ed. Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, APHA-AWWA-WPCF, 1985. Y
Preparation SW3542A Extraction of Semivolatile Analytes Collected Using Method 0010 (Modified Method 5 Sampling Train), Revision 1. EPA SW846 EPA Office of Solid Waste SW-846, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods. Revision 1, May 2005. Y
Preparation SW3630C Silica Gel Cleanup, Revision 3 EPA SW846 EPA Office of Solid Waste SW-846, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods, Revision 3, December 1996 Y
Preparation ASTM-D3590A-17-PREP Standard Test Methods for Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN) in Water, Test Method A (Manual Digestion), Preparation, Version 17 ASTM ASTM International. D3590-17A, June 26, 2017. West Conshohocken, PA. Y
Preparation SW3060A Alkaline Digestion for Hexavalent Chromium, Revision 1 EPA SW846 EPA Office of Solid Waste SW-846, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods, Revision 1, December 1996. Y
Preparation AXYS-MLA-075-06-L5 List 5 MLA-075-06 Target Analytes - Acid Extraction and Positive Electrospray Ionization (ESI), Rev 06 AXYS Analytical AXYS Analytical Services Ltd., Sidney, BC, MLA-075, Rev 06, August 2014, http://www.axysanalytical.com Y
Preparation SW9031 Extractable Sulfides, Revision 0. EPA SW846 EPA Office of Solid Waste SW-846, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods., Revision 0, July 1992. Y
PREPARATION SW3051A Microwave Assisted Acid Digestion of Sediments, Sludges, Soils, and Oils, Revision 1 EPA Office of Solid Waste SW-846, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods. Revision 1, February 2007. Y
Preparation COMP-TISSUE Composite tissue samples by combining individuals and homogenizing. Y
Preparation SW3511A Organic Compounds in Water by Microextraction, Revision 1 EPA SW846 EPA Office of Solid Waste SW-846, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods, Revision 1, July 2014. Y EPA3511A
Preparation FILTER.45um-CA Water sample filtered with 0.45 micron (micrometer) cellulose acetate filter (CA) Y FILTER .45um-CA
PREPARATION RYDIN2000P-NH4Cl NH4Cl Extraction for Loosely Bound Phosphorus Rydin, Emil, Brian Huser and Eugene B. Welch, 2000. Amount of Phosphorus Inactivated by Alum Treatments in Washington Lakes, Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 45, No. 1 (Jan., 2000), pp. 226-230 and Psenner, R., et al., 1988 Y
PREPARATION SW3630B Silica Gel Cleanup, Revision 2 EPA Office of Solid Waste SW-846, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods, Revision 2, September 1994. Y
Preparation SW3015A Microwave Assisted Acid Digestion of Aqueous Samples and Extracts, Revision 1 EPA SW846 EPA Office of Solid Waste SW-846, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods. Revision 1, February 2007. Y
Preparation SW3005A Acid Digestion of Waters for Total Recoverable or Dissolved Metals for Analysis by Flame Atomic Absorption (FLAA) or Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) Spectroscopy, Revision 1 U.S. EPA Office of Solid Waste SW-846, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods, Revision 1, July 1992 Y
Preparation SW3052M Microwave Assisted Acid Digestion of Siliceous and Organically Based Matrices, Revision 0, Modified EPA SW846 EPA Office of Solid Waste SW-846, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods, Revision 0, December 1996, Modified. Y
Preparation AXYS-MLA-075-06-APOS HM-APOS MLA-075-06 Target Analytes - Acid Extraction and Positive Electrospray Ionization (ESI), Rev 06 AXYS Analytical AXYS Analytical Services Ltd., Sidney, BC, MLA-075, Rev 06, August 2014, http://www.axysanalytical.com Y
PREPARATION SW3541 Automated Soxhlet Extraction, Revision 0 EPA Office of Solid Waste SW-846, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods, Revision 0, September 1994. Y
Preparation UNKNOWN-PREP Unknown preparation method - only for historic data or results where the method can't be determined. Y
PREPARATION Unrinsed Specimen not rinsed prior to analysis. Y
Preparation AXYS-XLA-076-M Filtration and XAD-2 Extraction of Large Volume Water Samples, modified (field filtration instead of lab filtration), Rev not specified AXYS Analytical SGS AXYS Analytical Services Ltd., Sidney, BC, XLA-076-M, Rev not specified, http://www.axysanalytical.com Y
Preparation SW8315A-PREP Preparation from Carbonyl Compounds by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Revision 1. EPA SW846 EPA Office of Solid Waste SW-846, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods, Revision 1, December 1996. Y SW8315AP
Preparation DRIEDTISSUE Tissue dried prior to analysis. Y
Measurement GWLMF Groundwater level by float / shaft encoder / data logger USGS USGS, 1992. National Water Information System User's Manual, Ground-Water Site-Inventory System. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ Y
Measurement GWLML Groundwater level interpreted from geophysical logs USGS USGS, 1992. National Water Information System User's Manual, Ground-Water Site-Inventory System. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ Y
Measurement GWLMB Groundwater level by analog (mechanical) recorder USGS USGS, 1992. National Water Information System User's Manual, Ground-Water Site-Inventory System. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ Y
MEASUREMENT SWFMA Streamflow by Acoustic meter (transient-time meter). Y
MEASUREMENT WASFLOW Streamflow by current meter per Ecology publication 93-e04. Cusimano, B. 1993. Field Sampling and Measurement Protocols for the Watershed Assessments Section. Ecology Pub. 93-e04. Y
MEASUREMENT EST_SW Streamflow by estimation, exact method not reported. Y
Measurement COND-METER Specific Conductivity, field meter Y CONDMETER
Measurement Barometer-aneroid Barometric pressure using aneroid barometer Y BARO
Measurement GWLMH Groundwater level by calibrated mechanical pressure-gage measurement USGS USGS, 1992. National Water Information System User's Manual, Ground-Water Site-Inventory System. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ Y
MEASUREMENT EST_FVOL Streamflow measured by timed volume. Y
Measurement GWLMZ Groundwater level by other method USGS USGS, 1992. National Water Information System User's Manual, Ground-Water Site-Inventory System. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ Y
Measurement EPA150.1-Field pH, Electrometric, field Y EPA150.1M
Measurement GWLMR Groundwater level reported, method not known USGS USGS, 1992. National Water Information System User's Manual, Ground-Water Site-Inventory System. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ Y
Measurement PH-METER pH by field meter/electrode Y PHMETER
MEASUREMENT SECCHI-L 20 cm diameter black and white limnological style Secchi disk depth of visibility Y SECCHIM
Measurement GWLME Groundwater level, estimated USGS USGS, 1992. National Water Information System User's Manual, Ground-Water Site-Inventory System. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ Y
Measurement SM4500H+B pH by Electrometric Method Standard Methods 18th, 19th, 20th ed. Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, APHA-AWWA-WPCF, 1992, 1995, 1998. Y
MEASUREMENT TEMPLOGGER Temperature by data logger Y
Measurement GWLMQ Groundwater level by downhole mechanical pressure recorder (DST) USGS USGS, 1992. National Water Information System User's Manual, Ground-Water Site-Inventory System. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ Y
MEASUREMENT SWFMR Streamflow reported, method not known. Y
MEASUREMENT SWFMC Streamflow by current meter. Y
Measurement GWLMG Groundwater level by mechanical pressure-gage measurement USGS USGS, 1992. National Water Information System User's Manual, Ground-Water Site-Inventory System. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ Y
Measurement GWLMC Groundwater level by calibrated airline measurement USGS USGS, 1992. National Water Information System User's Manual, Ground-Water Site-Inventory System. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ Y
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