Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory

Cambria County

10/14/2007 - 5/22/2023, 88 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
84 2.6 0.0 200.5 46 54.8 0
E.
Coli
MPN/100
mL
84 0.0 0.0 73.8 15 17.9 0
pH
-
79 7.2 5.5 8.2 10 12.7 6.5-8.5
Total
Dissolved
Solids
mg/L 78 161.5 20.0 1920.0 3 3.8 500
Corrosivity
Index*

-
29 -1.7 -4.3 0.7 25 86.2 -
Hardness mg/L 31 38.3 0.8 294.3 - - -
Nitrate+Nitrite
N
mg/L 18 0.5 0.2 11.3 1 5.6 10
Chloride mg/L 14 8.6 5.0 950.5 1 7.1 250
Sulfate mg/L 15 12.9 7.5 586.6 2 13.3 250
Aluminum mg/L 15 0.0 0.0 0.2 1 6.7 0.05-0.2
Arsenic mg/L 24 0.00 0.003 0.027 1 4.2 0.01
Barium mg/L 26 0.05 0.00 11.54 1 3.8 2
Cadmium mg/L 13 0.00 0.001 0.001 0 0.0 0.005
Calcium mg/L 28 9.74 0.25 76.95 - - -
Chromium mg/L 13 0.0 0.005 0.005 0 0.0 0.1
Copper mg/L 42 0.01 0.01 1.52 1 2.4 1.0,1.3
Iron mg/L 30 0.1 0.1 6.7 5 16.7 0.3
Lead-1st
draw
mg/L 11 0.00 0.003 0.030 2 18.2 0.015
Lead-Running mg/L 28 0.003 0.003 0.007 0 0.0 0.015
Magnesium mg/L 28 2.23 0.05 24.80 - - -
Manganese mg/L 31 0.01 0.01 1.94 8 25.8 0.05
Mercury mg/L 13 0.00 0.001 0.001 0 0.0 0.002
Nickel mg/L 13 0.01 0.005 0.008 - - -
Sodium mg/L 1 3.46 3.46 3.46 - - -
Zinc mg/L 13 0.01 0.005 0.16 0 0.0 5

*For corrosivity index, failure criteria based on less than -0.5 or greater than 0.5

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