Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Schuylkill County
9/20/2007 - 5/15/2023, 111 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 |
106 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 50 | 47.2 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
106 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 17 | 16.0 | 0 |
pH | - |
90 | 7.3 | 5.4 | 9.2 | 17 | 18.9 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 90 | 108.0 | 20.0 | 512.0 | 1 | 1.1 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
40 | -1.4 | -3.2 | 0.4 | 32 | 80.0 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 42 | 61.6 | 0.8 | 211.9 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 24 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 40.5 | 1 | 4.2 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 3 | 27.7 | 5.4 | 44.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 7 | 7.7 | 4.0 | 24.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2 | 40.0 | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 20 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.024 | 3 | 15.0 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 14 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.31 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 11 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 39 | 15.24 | 0.25 | 63.67 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 11 | 0.0 | 0.005 | 0.005 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 50 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1.26 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 41 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 11.4 | 8 | 19.5 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 20 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.031 | 2 | 10.0 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 29 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.175 | 1 | 3.4 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 39 | 4.50 | 0.05 | 13.79 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 43 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.57 | 13 | 30.2 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 10 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 11 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.007 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 11 | 0.04 | 0.005 | 0.39 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 |
*For corrosivity index, failure criteria based on less than -0.5 or greater than 0.5
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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