Table of Contents

Introduction
Methods
Results and Discussion
Abbotsford Aquifer
Cowichan Estuary Lower Aquifer
Fraser River Main Arm
Fraser River North Arm
Grand Forks Aquifer
Matsqui Piezometer
Osoyoos Aquifers
Quamichan Lake
Summary
References
Appendices

List of Figures (Time series plots and graphs)

Figure 1 total precipitation at Victoria International Airport recorded from January to June, 1973 - 1998
Figure 2 Nitrate-N in Well - C25 at the Abbotsford Aquifer, 1988 - 1998
Figure 3 Nitrate-N in Well - C75 at the Abbotsford Aquifer, 1988 - 1998
Figure 4 total dissolved solids in Observation Well #297 at the Cowichan Estuary Lower Aquifer, 1987 - 1992
Figure 5 total dissolved solids in Observation Well "J" at the Cowichan Estuary Lower Aquifer, 1985 - 1991
Figure 6 lead in sediments, replicate 1, in the main arm of the Fraser River, 1985 - 1996
Figure 7 lead in sediments, replicate 2, in the main arm of the Fraser River, 1985 - 1996
Figure 8 lead in sediments, replicate 3, in the main arm of the Fraser River, 1985 - 1996
Figure 9 lead in sediments, average of three replicates, in the main arm of the Fraser River, 1985 - 1996
Figure 10 lead in sediments, replicate 1, in the north arm of the Fraser River, 1985 - 1996
Figure 11 lead in sediments, replicate 2, in the north arm of the Fraser River, 1985 - 1996
Figure 12 lead in sediments, replicate 3, in the north arm of the Fraser River, 1985 - 1996
Figure 13 lead in sediments, average of three replicates, in the north arm of the Fraser River, 1985 - 1996
Figure 14 Nitrate - N in Well - A40 at the Grand Forks Aquifer, 1991 - 1997
Figure 15 Nitrate - N in Well - A100 at the Grand Forks Aquifer, 1991 - 1998
Figure 16 Nitrate - N in Well - C40 at the Grand Forks Aquifer, 1990 - 1998
Figure 17 Nitrate - N in Well - C100 at the Grand Forks Aquifer, 1990 - 1997
Figure 18 Nitrate - N in Floesser Well at the Grand Forks Aquifer, 1989 - 1997
Figure 19 Nitrate - N in Well - A25 at the Matsqui Piezometer, 1992 - 1998
Figure 20 Nitrate - N in Well - B4 at the Osoyoos Aquifers, 1989 - 1997
Figure 21 Nitrate - N in Well - B7 at the Osoyoos Piezometer, 1992 - 1997
Figure 22 geometric means of fecal coliforms sampled during summer in Quamichan Lake, 1973 - 1998

Trend Analyses of Selected Water Quality Constituents
at Nine Locations in British Columbia

November, 1998

Prepared by
Robin Regnier
Central Limit Statistical Consulting