Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Bedford County
10/5/2007 - 6/5/2023, 287 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 |
273 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 129 | 47.3 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
273 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 26 | 9.5 | 0 |
pH | - |
234 | 7.5 | 5.4 | 9.2 | 20 | 8.5 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 232 | 191.5 | 20.0 | 1296.0 | 18 | 7.8 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
89 | -0.5 | -4.0 | 1.1 | 61 | 68.5 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 100 | 98.3 | 0.8 | 535.8 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 83 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 13.7 | 2 | 2.4 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 18 | 6.8 | 1.0 | 672.5 | 1 | 5.6 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 11 | 11.9 | 1.0 | 44.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 33 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.013 | 2 | 6.1 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 25 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 2.23 | 1 | 4.0 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 10 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.021 | 1 | 10.0 | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 89 | 23.21 | 0.25 | 140.62 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 10 | 0.0 | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 99 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.45 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 94 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 7.2 | 22 | 23.4 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 49 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.073 | 5 | 10.2 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 54 | 0.003 | 0.001 | 0.036 | 2 | 3.7 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 89 | 7.91 | 0.05 | 44.84 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 93 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.51 | 24 | 25.8 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 14 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 10 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.008 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 2 | 71.65 | 15.05 | 128.24 | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 10 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 1.80 | 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