Hormone, pesticide, pharmaceutical and other organic compound data for select water and bed sediment samples collected in Chesapeake Bay watershed in parts of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia, 2006-2014

Field: Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)

these data represent water and bed sediment samples analyzed for a variety of organic compounds the samples were collected in streams and rivers in the chesapeake bay watershed from 2006 2014 water samples were collected from 61 sites and analyzed for hormones sh2434 method tables 1a and 1b pharmaceuticals sh2080 method tables 2a and 2b wastewater indicators sh1433 method tables 3a and 3b and antibiotics lcab method tables 4a and 4b select water samples were analyzed at the u s geological survey national water quality laboratory for pesticides sh2001 method and sh2003 method tables 5a 5b and 6a 6b respectively wastewater indicators sh4433 method tables 7a and 7b pharmaceuticals sh8244 method tables 8a and 8b and hormones sh4434 method tables 9a and 9b bed sediment samples were collected from 56 sites and analyzed for wastewater compounds sh5433 method tables 10a and 10b hormones sh6434 method tables 11a and 11b and organohalogen compounds lc8093 method tables 12a and 12b water samples were analyzed for antibiotics at the u s geological survey kansas organic geochemistry laboratory for each of the 12 laboratory methods there are two files an analyte file a analytical method details and data file b site information and analyte concentration if detected the information can be downloaded in three formats csv comma delimited alldata csv zip ascii txt tab delimited alldata tab delim txt zip and xlsx two excel 2013 files each dataset is a workbook tab alldata for scibase part 01 020317 xlsx tables 1 4 10 12 alldata for scibase part 02 020317 xlsx tables 5 9 the dataset xml file includes an complete list of analyte compounds compound groups cas numbers and usgs nwis parameter codes found in each analyte file and associated data file the analyte file for each method includes analyte compound names compound group cas number s usgs national water information system nwis parameter code method detection limit and reporting limit compound groups in alphabetic order include androgen antibiotics human and veterinary antidepressant antihistamine antiviral beta blocker heart caffeine nicotine estrogen flame retardant fungicide herbicide insecticide opiate persistent organic pollutant personal care domestic use pcdu pesticide pharmaceutical plant animal biochemical pab plasticizer polychlorinated biphenyl polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon progesterone progestin and stimulant abuse the data file for each laboratory method includes state network sample number station id sample date sample time compound group compound concentration network chedc data collected between 2012 2013 by the chesapeake endocrine disruption project parec data available from pennsylvania other than chesapeake endocrine disruption project samples various years listed in headnote pa012 data available from pennsylvania collected before 2013 c2007 data collected in maryland virginia and west virginia between 2006 2007 ctem data collected at sites in west virginia various years listed in headnote station id when available u s geological survey national water information nwis site number sample time is standard time table head notes list sample media filtered or unfiltered water or bed sediment analyte concentrations units are listed in the table headnote micrograms per kilogram or nanograms per liter nd denotes non detect dnq denotes detected but not quantified concentrations in italics denote replicate of previous sample site locations including latitude longitude are provided in interactive map viewer downloadable esri arcgis shape file chesapeake_bay_watershed_water_and_sediment_sampling_sites_for_sciencebase4 zip and arcgis mapping service rest service