Water Quality Monitoring

USGS National Water Quality Assessment

• Pesticides detected frequently

  • More than 95% of stream samples
  • Almost 50% of well samples
  • Tested for 83 pesticides, found 74

• More than 50% of urban streams exceeded aquatic life criteria for diazinon, chlorpyrifos and malathion

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