PUBLICATIONS--Water-Quality Publications on Determination of Inorganic Substances

In Reply Refer To:                           March 29, 1990
WGS-Mail Stop 412



OFFICE OF WATER QUALITY TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM 90.09

Subject:  PUBLICATIONS--Water-Quality Publications on
                        Determination of Inorganic Substances

Two recent publications on the determination of inorganic 
substances are enclosed.

    (1)  "Methods for Determination of Inorganic Substances
         in Water and Fluvial Sediments" by Marvin J. Fishman 
         and Linda C. Friedman, Editors, and

    (2)  "Evaluation of Methods Used from 1965 through 1982
         to Determine Inorganic Constituents in Water 
         Samples" by Linda C. Friedman and Marvin J. Fishman.

The first publication is the third edition (1989) of 
Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations of the United 
States Geological Survey Book 5, Chapter A1.  This edition:

    (1)  Documents the analytical methods used in the 
           National Water-Quality Laboratory,

    (2)  Contains new information on inductively coupled 
           plasma and ion exchange chromatography,

    (3)  Is arranged alphabetically by constituent for ready 
           reference, and

    (4)  Should be cited in technical publications, where 
           appropriate.

The second publication is United States Geological Survey 
Water-Supply Paper 2293.  This report compares analyses of 
standard reference water samples performed by different 
analytical methods.  The resulting information has value in 
planning analytical support for projects and interpreting 
analytical results.

Both publications are valuable resource information for all 
water-quality personnel.



                              David A. Rickert
                              Chief, Office of Water Quality

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This memorandum does not supersede any previous Office of 
Water Quality memorandum.

Key Words:  Inorganic determinations, TWRI, WSP, Methods,
            Precision

Distribution:  A, B, S (one copy to each) 
               FO, PO (standard distribution)