Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Pike County
8/29/2007 - 6/27/2023, 312 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 |
284 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 65 | 22.9 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
284 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 129.8 | 7 | 2.5 | 0 |
pH | - |
220 | 7.1 | 5.0 | 8.9 | 42 | 19.1 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 216 | 112.0 | 20.0 | 598.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
104 | -1.2 | -4.8 | 0.8 | 82 | 78.8 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 107 | 63.4 | 0.8 | 257.6 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 75 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 29 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 72.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 13 | 7.7 | 1.0 | 15.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 72 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.026 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 53 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.42 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 24 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 104 | 16.74 | 0.25 | 71.46 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 24 | 0.0 | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 130 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 4.67 | 3 | 2.3 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 109 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 20.9 | 29 | 26.6 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 108 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.213 | 11 | 10.2 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 89 | 0.003 | 0.001 | 0.330 | 3 | 3.4 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 104 | 5.46 | 0.05 | 19.23 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 114 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 3.83 | 37 | 32.5 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 27 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 24 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.240 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 30 | 11.26 | 1.28 | 81.59 | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 24 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.59 | 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