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Urban Storm Water Runoff Monitoring for Pesticides and Nitrate in Helena and Billings. Rick Mulder Montana Department of Agriculture Groundwater Protection Program. Sample Collection. Helena 4 sampling locations 9 rainfall events 36 total samples June 6, 23; July 14; Aug 5, 2011
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Urban Storm Water Runoff Monitoring for Pesticides and Nitrate in Helena and Billings Rick Mulder Montana Department of Agriculture Groundwater Protection Program
Sample Collection Helena • 4 sampling locations • 9 rainfall events • 36 total samples • June 6, 23; July 14; Aug 5, 2011 • May 26, 27; July 16, 17; August 27, 2012 • Samples collected from ditches or discharge pipes • Billings • 3-4 sampling locations • 2 rainfall events • 7 total samples • June 16; Aug 29, 2011 • 6 samples collected from receiving waters; 1 sample collected from discharge pipe All samples taken to the MDA Analytical Lab and tested for 148 pesticide compounds and nitrate
Pesticide Results Helena • 31 different pesticide compounds detected • Average of 13 pesticides per sample • One sample with 25 different pesticide compounds Billings • 26 different pesticide compounds detected • Average of 15 pesticides per sample • One sample with 24 different pesticide compounds
Pesticide Results Imidacloprid (Admire, Pravado) Malthion MCPA (Weed-n-feed, Weed B Gon) MCPP (Trimec) Picloram (Tordon, Grazon) Prometon (Pramitol, Total Kill) Propaconazole (Banner, Tilt) Simazine (Pramitol, Pricep) Sulfomuterun (Oust) Tebuconazole (Elite, Folicur) Tebuthiruon (Spike, Reclaim) Triclopyr (Garlon, Remedy) 2,4-D (Weed B Gon, Trimec) AMPA (Roundup, Ground Clear) Atrazine (Aatrex, Atrazine 90DF) Azoxystrobin (Heritage, Renown) Bromacil (Krovar, Hyvar) Carbaryl (Sevin) Chlorathalinil (Heritage, Manicure) Chlorsulfuron (Corsair, Cimarron) Chlopyralid (Confront, Momentum) Deethyl atrazine (Aatrex, Atrzine 90DF) Diazanon (Spectracide) Dichloprop (Triamine) Diuron (Karmex) Fipronil (Frontline) Glyphosate (Roundup, Ground Clear) Imazapic (Panoramic, Plateau) Imazapyr (Ground Clear, Arsenal)
Pesticide Results • Phenoxy herbicides • 2,4-D, MCPA, MCPP • Soil Sterilants • Diuron, glyphosate, prometon, tebuthiuron, • triclopyr
Nitrate Results • Nitrate detected in 20 of 23 samples • All nitrate concentrations were <1.6 ppm with a mean concentration of 0.7 ppm