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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 15.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Sci Technol. 2009 Apr 15;43(8):2714–2719. doi: 10.1021/es803141m

Table 1.

Summary Statistics of Groundwater Arsenic from the greater Augusta, Maine area in 2006

As in simplified bedrock unit
As Ln(As) Ss Sw SOv D OZc
number of observations (n) 790 790 163 259 249 87 32
mean (μg/L) 12.2 0.9 16.3 14.4 10 7.7 3
standard deviation (μg/L) 25.9 2.2 27.5 22.7 31.1 15.6 8.6
median (μg/L) 3.8 1.3 6.8 6.1 2.0 2.5 0.2
Maximum (μg/L) 325 5.8 200 199 325 95 41
skewness 6.4 -0.5
observed probability of >10μg/L 31% 42% 39% 24% 15% 9%
kriged probability of >10μg/L 40(±3)% 38(±2)% 25(±2)% 21(±4)% 7(±3)%

a Values in the parenthesis indicate 95% confidence interval.

b The well depth analysis shows no significant difference in the 5 bedrock units (see Supporting Information Table S2)