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

Westmoreland County

7/31/2007 - 6/22/2023, 687 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
666 1.0 0.0 200.5 347 52.1 0
E.
Coli
MPN/100
mL
666 0.0 0.0 200.5 98 14.7 0
pH
-
608 7.6 2.7 9.7 94 15.5 6.5-8.5
Total
Dissolved
Solids
mg/L 602 263.0 10.0 3246.0 71 11.8 500
Corrosivity
Index*

-
323 -0.1 -4.8 1.1 207 64.1 -
Hardness mg/L 342 101.5 0.8 854.1 - - -
Nitrate+Nitrite
N
mg/L 117 0.5 0.2 7.0 0 0.0 10
Chloride mg/L 122 14.7 1.0 1359.3 1 0.8 250
Sulfate mg/L 62 16.0 1.0 1422.4 4 6.5 250
Aluminum mg/L 29 0.0 0.0 31.4 5 17.2 0.05-0.2
Arsenic mg/L 93 0.00 0.001 0.025 3 3.2 0.01
Barium mg/L 159 0.09 0.00 0.91 0 0.0 2
Cadmium mg/L 44 0.00 0.001 0.002 0 0.0 0.005
Calcium mg/L 323 27.01 0.25 232.93 - - -
Chromium mg/L 44 0.0 0.001 0.006 0 0.0 0.1
Copper mg/L 371 0.01 0.00 2.45 3 0.8 1.0,1.3
Iron mg/L 342 0.2 0.1 34.1 56 16.4 0.3
Lead-1st
draw
mg/L 128 0.00 0.001 0.084 10 7.8 0.015
Lead-Running mg/L 156 0.003 0.001 0.349 6 3.8 0.015
Magnesium mg/L 323 7.65 0.05 78.13 - - -
Manganese mg/L 348 0.01 0.01 60.68 94 27.0 0.05
Mercury mg/L 55 0.00 0.000 0.001 0 0.0 0.002
Nickel mg/L 44 0.01 0.003 0.055 - - -
Sodium mg/L 5 17.11 8.06 83.59 - - -
Zinc mg/L 44 0.01 0.005 4.94 0 0.0 5

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

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