TWRI Book 9, Ch. A5

Protocol NameNational Field Manual for the Collection of Water-Quality Data: USGS Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations Book 9, Ch. A5: Processing of Water Samples.
Citation InformationWilde, F.D., Radtke, D.B., Gibs, Jacob, and Iwatsubo, R.T., eds., 2004 with updates through 2009, Processing of water samples (ver. 2.2): U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 9, chap. A5, April 2004, accessed April 18, 2014, at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/twri9A5/.

Separate updates for 5.3.2, "Instructions for field use of spike solutions for organic-analyte samples", 5.6.1.F, "Wastewater, pharmaceutical, and antibiotic compounds," 5.6.4.A, "Arsenic speciation," and 5.6.4.B, "Low-level Mercury" are provided on the Web page at http://water.usgs.gov/owq/FieldManual/chapter5/html/Ch5_contents.html
TitleNational Field Manual for the Collection of Water-Quality Data: USGS Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations Book 9, Ch. A5: Processing of Water Samples.
AuthorWilde, F.D., Radtke, D.B., Gibs, Jacob, and Iwatsubo, R.T., eds.
Publication Year2009
AbstractReference for the complete nine-chapter USGS water-quality field manual: U.S. Geological Survey, variously dated, National Field Manual for the Collection of Water-Quality Data: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, Book 9, Chaps. A1-A9. The most recently updated version of National Field Manual (NFM) chapters can also be accessed online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/twri9A.
Table of ContentsSections of Chapter A5: Processing of Water Samples

5.0 General information
5.1 Raw samples
5.2 Filtered samples
5.3 Solid-phase extraction of pesticides
5.4 Sample preservation
5.5 Handling and shipping of samples
5.6 Summary of sample-collection and sample-processing procedures for specific analytes

*Section 5.6.1.C, Phenols, has been revised in this section to create version 2.1 of chap. A5.
*A section has been added. Section 5.6.1.F, "Wastewater, Pharmaceutical,and Antibiotic Compounds"
*A section has been added. Section 5.6.4.A, "Arsenic Speciation"
*A section has been added. Section 5.6.4.B, "Low-level Mercury"

Appendixes

Appendix A5-A. Sample-designation codes and a summary of field-processing requirements for analyses of organic compounds in water
Appendix A5-B. Sample-designation codes and a summary of field-processing requirements for analyses of inorganic constituents in water
Appendix A5-C. Sample-designation codes and a summary of field-processing requirements for analyses of stable isotopes and radiochemicals in water
Appendix A5-D. Procedures for processing samples for analysis of dissolved and suspended organic carbon using a silver filter and gas-pressurized filtration apparatus (Note: Appendix A5-D has been added to Chapter A5, Version 2 (4/02) and contains the text for the Version 1 section 5.2.2.C.)
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