Cadmium Concentrations from 1989 USEPA Guidance Document

Cadmium concentrations (mg/L) at one set of background and one set of compliance wells. Nondetects reported as "BDL". Detection limit not given.

EPA.89b.cadmium.df

Format

A data frame with 88 observations on the following 4 variables.

Cadmium.orig

a character vector of the original cadmium observations (mg/L)

Cadmium

a numeric vector with BDL coded as 0

Censored

a logical vector indicating which observations are censored

Well.type

a factor indicating the well type (background vs. compliance)

Source

USEPA. (1989b). Statistical Analysis of Ground-Water Monitoring Data at RCRA Facilities, Interim Final Guidance. EPA/530-SW-89-026. Office of Solid Waste, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. p.8-6.