Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Beaver County
10/18/2007 - 6/22/2023, 185 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 |
176 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 90 | 51.1 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
176 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 23 | 13.1 | 0 |
pH | - |
159 | 7.6 | 4.6 | 9.3 | 19 | 11.9 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 162 | 327.5 | 20.0 | 3099.0 | 39 | 24.1 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
65 | 0.3 | -5.4 | 1.5 | 46 | 70.8 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 69 | 164.5 | 0.8 | 678.5 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 31 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 3.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 64 | 20.6 | 1.5 | 1627.3 | 2 | 3.1 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 22 | 42.0 | 4.6 | 390.0 | 5 | 22.7 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 3 | 23.1 | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 46 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.010 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 83 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 1.02 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 28 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 64 | 41.66 | 0.25 | 179.78 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 28 | 0.0 | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 95 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.16 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 69 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 4.5 | 17 | 24.6 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 33 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.056 | 6 | 18.2 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 61 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.068 | 1 | 1.6 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 64 | 11.83 | 0.05 | 63.41 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 76 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1.80 | 22 | 28.9 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 31 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 28 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.010 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 1 | 22.48 | 22.48 | 22.48 | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 28 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.38 | 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