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

Fulton County

9/8/2008 - 4/17/2023, 53 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
48 1.5 0.0 200.5 27 56.3 0
E.
Coli
MPN/100
mL
48 0.0 0.0 200.5 2 4.2 0
pH
-
45 7.2 5.6 8.0 8 17.8 6.5-8.5
Total
Dissolved
Solids
mg/L 44 114.0 20.0 318.0 0 0.0 500
Corrosivity
Index*

-
22 -1.1 -4.4 0.5 16 72.7 -
Hardness mg/L 23 65.7 0.8 261.5 - - -
Nitrate+Nitrite
N
mg/L 13 0.5 0.2 4.3 0 0.0 10
Chloride mg/L 0 - - - - - 250
Sulfate mg/L 2 2.8 2.4 3.2 0 0.0 250
Aluminum mg/L 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.05-0.2
Arsenic mg/L 3 0.03 0.003 0.041 2 66.7 0.01
Barium mg/L 1 0.03 0.03 0.03 0 0.0 2
Cadmium mg/L 0 - - - - - 0.005
Calcium mg/L 22 15.87 0.25 92.54 - - -
Chromium mg/L 0 - - - - - 0.1
Copper mg/L 22 0.01 0.01 0.34 0 0.0 1.0,1.3
Iron mg/L 23 0.2 0.1 7.4 11 47.8 0.3
Lead-1st
draw
mg/L 12 0.01 0.003 0.017 1 8.3 0.015
Lead-Running mg/L 12 0.003 0.003 0.041 2 16.7 0.015
Magnesium mg/L 22 5.34 0.05 12.03 - - -
Manganese mg/L 23 0.02 0.01 1.54 11 47.8 0.05
Mercury mg/L 0 - - - - - 0.002
Nickel mg/L 0 - - - - - -
Sodium mg/L 0 - - - - - -
Zinc mg/L 0 - - - - - 5

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

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111 Ag Analytical Srvcs Lab
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Directions

Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM