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Pesticide, organic-contaminant, and wastewater-indicator results for passive samplers deployed in surface water and groundwater in Hawaiʻi, 2015–19

Metadata Updated: November 19, 2025

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) deployed passive samplers at surface-water and groundwater sites on the Hawaiian Islands of Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Maui, and Hawaiʻi for several weeks each during 2015–19. The passive samplers were deployed to assess the occurrence of pesticides and pesticide degradates, herein referred to as pesticides, in water at the sites. Some of the passive samplers were also used to assess the occurrence of additional organic contaminants and wastewater indicators in water at the sites. This dataset includes files with chemical results for the passive samplers. The chemical results include masses of pesticides that accumulated in the passive samplers and concentration values that represent the average concentrations of chemicals in water during the deployment of a passive sampler at a site. The data release includes five files. The first file (1_passive-sampler_sites.csv) contains information for each passive sampler that was deployed in water. The second file (2_pesticide_masses_POCIS.csv) contains mass values of pesticides that accumulated in polar-organic-chemical-integrative sampler (POCIS) units of passive samplers. The third file (3_pesticide_concentrations_POCIS.csv) contains concentration values of selected pesticides that accumulated in POCIS units of passive samplers. The fourth file (4_organic_contaminants_SPMD.csv) contains concentration values for organic contaminants that accumulated in semipermeable-membrane-device (SPMD) units of passive samplers. The organic contaminants include organochlorine pesticides, polybrominated diphenyl ether residues, total polychlorinated biphenyl residues, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon residues. The fifth file (5_wastewater_indicators_POCIS.csv) contains results for pharmaceutical compounds and organic waste compounds that accumulated in the POCIS units of the passive samplers. The third file includes water-quality standards and benchmarks established by the State of Hawaiʻi, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and USGS. The USGS National Water Quality Laboratory (NWQL) determined the occurrence of pesticides and pharmaceutical compounds in POCIS units of passive samplers. The USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC) determined the occurrence of organic contaminants in SPMD units of passive samplers and determined the occurrence of organic waste compounds in POCIS units of the passive samplers.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Metadata Created Date September 12, 2025
Metadata Updated Date November 19, 2025

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Harvested from DOI USGS DCAT-US

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Metadata Created Date September 12, 2025
Metadata Updated Date November 19, 2025
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