This PFAS-in-the-Schuylkill-River_20240828_readme.txt file was generated on 20240828 by Elham Akbari ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- 1. Title of Dataset: PFAS in the Schuylkill River 2. Author Information: Gangadhar Andaluri and Elham Akbari Principal Investigator Contact Information Name: Gangadhar Andaluri Institution: Temple University, College of Engineering Address: 1947 N 12th St., ENGR 521, Philadelphia, PA 19122 Email: gangadhar@temple.edu ORCID: Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information Name:Elham Akbari Institution:Temple University, College of Engineering Address: 1947 N 12th St., ENGR 521, Philadelphia, PA 19122 Email:elham.akbari@temple.edu ORCID: 3. Date of data collection (single date, range, approximate date): 20240201 – 20240801 4. Geographic location of data collection: Philadelphia, PA, Pottstown; Philadelphia, PA, linfield Bridge; Philadelphia, PA, Spring city; Philadelphia, PA, Black Rock bridge; Philadelphia, PA, Mont clare bridge; Philadelphia, PA, perkimon bridge; Philadelphia, PA, pawling road; Philadelphia, PA, Norristown; Philadelphia, PA, sullivan’s bridge; Philadelphia, PA, Conshohocken; Philadelphia, PA, Manayunk; Philadelphia, PA, Wissahickon;Philadelphia, PA, Strawberry mansion;Philadelphia, PA, Chestnut; Philadelphia, PA, Grays ferry bridge 5. Information about funding sources or sponsorship that supported the collection of the data: Pennsylvania Water Resources Research Cener (PA-WRRC) -------------------------- SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data, or limitations of reuse: None 2. Recommended citation for the data: Andaluri, G. and Akbari, E. PFAS in the Schuylkill River. 2024. Temple Univerity, College of Engineering 3. Citation for and links to publications that cite or use the data: None 4. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: None 5. Links/relationships to ancillary or related data sets: None 6. Was data derived from another source? No If yes, list source(s): NA -------------------- DATA & FILE OVERVIEW -------------------- 1. File list (filenames, directory structure (for zipped files) and brief description of all data files, add additional entries as necessary): A. Filename: SCHYULKYLL_RIVER_PFAS_DATA.xlsx Short description: PFAS occurrence along Schuylkill River in February, May and July 2024, in addition to data needed for analysis using LCMS B. Filename: February_Sampling_Schuylkill River_PFAS.csv Short description: PFAS occurrence along Schuylkill River in February, May and July 2024, in addition to data needed for analysis using LCMS C. Filename: Initial_IPR_Studies.csv Short description:PFAS occurrence along Schuylkill River in February, May and July 2024, in addition to data needed for analysis using LCMS D. Filename: July_Sampling_Schuylkill_River_PFAS.csv Short description:PFAS occurrence along Schuylkill River in February, May and July 2024, in addition to data needed for analysis using LCMS E. Filename: May_Sampling_Schuylkill_River_PFAS.csv Short description:PFAS occurrence along Schuylkill River in February, May and July 2024, in addition to data needed for analysis using LCMS F. Filename: MRM_TABLE_LCMSMS.csv Short description:PFAS occurrence along Schuylkill River in February, May and July 2024, in addition to data needed for analysis using LCMS G. Filename: Raw_data_PFAS_in_the_Schuylkill_River.csv Short description:Short description:PFAS occurrence along Schuylkill River in February, May and July 2024, in addition to data needed for analysis using LCMS H. Filename: Calibration Curves.zip Short description:75 images of calibration Curves described under visualization 2. Relationship between files, if important for context: B-F are csv versions of sheets from Excel file in A. H are images in Calibration Samples sheet of Excel file in A. 3. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: NA 4. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? NO -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: EPA Method 1633 2. Methods for processing the data: EPA Method 1633 3. Software- or Instrument-specific information needed to interpret the data, including software and hardware version numbers: Excel 4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: Available in Excel Sheet 5. Environmental/experimental conditions: River Water Samples 6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: EPA Method 1633 7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: Authors ———————————————————— DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: [FILENAME] (Repeated as necessary) ———————————————————— 1. Number of variables: 6 excel sheet Sheet 1: MRM TABLE – LCMSMS (84 rows/ A-K columns) Sheet 2: Initial IPR Studies (45 row/ A-M columns) Sheet 3: Sample Calibration (760 rows/ A- AB columns) Sheet 4: FEBRUARY-SAMPLING ( 43 rows/ A-R columns) Sheet 5: May-SAMPLING ( 43 rows/ A-R columns) Sheet 6: July-SAMPLING ( 43 rows/ A-R columns) 2. Variable List, defining any abbreviations, units of measure, codes or symbols used: LC/MS: Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry IPR: Initial Recovery and Precision Data Unit of measure is ng/L 4. Missing data codes:None used 5. Specialized formats or other abbreviations used:NA ———————————————————— DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR CODE: ———————————————————— 1. Language used:NA 2. Software necessary for editing and running:NA 3. Purpose of code: NA 4. Overview of operation of code (inputs, outputs, etc.):NA ———————————————————— DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR VISUALIZATION: [Calibration_Curves.zip] ———————————————————— 1. Kinds of visualization:Calibration Curves 2. Program used to generate visualization:Masslynx 3. Data file(s) used to generate visualization:These calibration curves were obtained by running PFAS standards on the LC-MS and were subsequently used to generate the PFAS dataset for the Schuylkill River 4. Describe the process used to generate the visualization:These calibration curves were obtained by running PFAS standards on the LC-MS