Table 3 Assessment of ecological risk quotient (RQ) for some of the analyzed organic contaminants across the study area

From: Landuse and land cover shape organic contaminants distribution in the Oconee River watershed in Georgia

Location

Acenaphthene

Anthracene

Atrazine

Chrysene

Fluoranthene

Malathion

Methoxychlor

Nicotine

Phenanthrene

Pyrene

FT

0.020

0.144

0.002

0.000

0.022

0.000

0.024

0.000

0.000

0.006

WTP

0.015

0.103

0.001

0.000

0.008

0.000

0.019

0.000

0.000

0.004

SC

0.001

0.056

0.000

0.000

0.021

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.001

OR

0.025

0.171

0.003

0.000

0.045

0.000

0.106

0.000

0.000

0.000

RM

0.024

0.131

0.002

0.000

0.022

0.000

0.022

0.000

0.000

0.002