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Surface Water Monitoring Program for Pesticides in Salmonid-Bearing Streams, 2003-2005: A Cooperative Study by the Washington State Departments of Ecology and Agriculture

 
Publication number Date Published
06-03-036October 2006
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Author(s) Burke, C., P. Anderson, D. Dugger, and J. Cowles
Description This report presents results from a three-year study intended to characterize pesticide concentrations in salmon-bearing surface waters. Thornton Creek in the Cedar-Sammamish watershed was chosen for an urban evaluation. Marion Drain, Spring Creek, and Sulphur Creek Wasteway in the Lower Yakima watershed represented agricultural drainages.

Fifty-one pesticides were detected. Ten of these -- 4,4-DDE, 4,4-DDT, azinphos methyl, carbaryl, chlorpyrifos, diazinon, disulfoton, endosulfan sulfate, malathion, and oxyfluorfen -- were above assessment criteria. Ninety-six percent of detections were below criteria.

Restriction of chlorpyrifos and diazinon in Thornton Creek resulted in reduced detection frequency and magnitude. Chlorpyrifos, malathion, and azinphos methyl were detected in all three agricultural drainages.
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Keywords Endangered Species Act, stream, creek, surface water, urban, trend, monitoring, standards, toxic, quality, waste, water quality standards, salmon, pesticide, agriculture
WATERSHED Water Resource Inventory Areas
(WRIA 08,WRIA 37)
DATA Environmental Information Management (EIM) #CBUR0001

Environmental Information Management (EIM) #CBUR0002

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