Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Armstrong County
11/15/2007 - 6/7/2023, 106 Samples
Test Parameter | Units | Number of Samples Tested | Median | Minimum | Maximum | Number of samples failing EPA Std | Percent of samples failing EPA Std | EPA Drink Water Std |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total Coliform |
MPN/100 mL |
104 | 33.4 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 77 | 74.0 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
104 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 26 | 25.0 | 0 |
pH | - |
86 | 7.3 | 5.4 | 8.7 | 15 | 17.4 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 86 | 182.5 | 20.0 | 1850.0 | 8 | 9.3 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
28 | -0.5 | -3.0 | 0.9 | 20 | 71.4 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 32 | 100.2 | 0.8 | 607.4 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 25 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 5.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 24 | 8.8 | 2.0 | 349.9 | 1 | 4.2 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 11 | 31.6 | 3.0 | 506.9 | 1 | 9.1 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 11 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 5 | 45.5 | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 12 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.010 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 32 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 1.46 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 5 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 27 | 22.69 | 0.25 | 105.73 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 5 | 0.0 | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 33 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.23 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 29 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 7 | 24.1 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 22 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.019 | 1 | 4.5 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 16 | 0.003 | 0.001 | 0.006 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 27 | 6.61 | 0.05 | 15.27 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 34 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 6.59 | 11 | 32.4 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 5 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 5 | 0.01 | 0.003 | 0.005 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 1 | 25.20 | 25.20 | 25.20 | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 5 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 |
*For corrosivity index, failure criteria based on less than -0.5 or greater than 0.5
Ag Analytical Services Lab
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Ag Analytical Services Lab
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
- Email aaslab@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-0841
- Fax 814-863-4540