1991-93: Murrumbidgee Irrigation District. Pesticides: Multiple

Pesticide Concentrations in Large Drains of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation District 1991-3

Diuron: (highest 9.5ug/L, detected 29/71 times)

Atrazine: (highest 5.4ug/L, detected 9/71 times)

Molinate: (highest 37.5ug/L, detected 32/71 times)

Malathion: (highest 1.8ug/L, detected 6/71 times)

Bromacil: (highest 4.9ug/L, detected 10/71 times)

Drains tested were Yanco Main Southern, Gogeldrie Main Southern, Little Mirrool Creek,
Main Drain J, Mirrool Creek at McNamara Road, Willow Dam and Wah Wah Channel
 
p52 PESTICIDE MONITORING IN THE IRRIGATION AREAS OF SOUTH-WESTERN NSW,

1990 - 1995 K H Bowmer, W Korth, A Scott, G McCorkelle, M Thomas CSIRO LAND & WATER
April 1998 TECHNICAL REPORT 17/98

Pesticide Concentrations in Large Drains of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation District 1991-3

Diuron: (highest 9.5ug/L, detected 29/71 times)

Atrazine: (highest 5.4ug/L, detected 9/71 times)

Molinate: (highest 37.5ug/L, detected 32/71 times)

Malathion: (highest 1.8ug/L, detected 6/71 times)

Bromacil: (highest 4.9ug/L, detected 10/71 times)

Drains tested were Yanco Main Southern, Gogeldrie Main Southern, Little Mirrool Creek,
Main Drain J, Mirrool Creek at McNamara Road, Willow Dam and Wah Wah Channel
p52 PESTICIDE MONITORING IN THE IRRIGATION AREAS OF SOUTH-WESTERN NSW,

1990 – 1995 K H Bowmer, W Korth, A Scott, G McCorkelle, M Thomas CSIRO LAND & WATER
April 1998 TECHNICAL REPORT 17/98