Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Adams County
7/13/2007 - 6/14/2022, 176 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 |
162 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 79 | 48.8 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
162 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 15 | 9.3 | 0 |
pH | - |
152 | 7.5 | 5.6 | 9.5 | 17 | 11.2 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 152 | 245.0 | 28.0 | 1576.0 | 9 | 5.9 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
63 | -0.5 | -4.7 | 1.0 | 40 | 63.5 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 69 | 85.2 | 0.8 | 528.9 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 72 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 11.1 | 1 | 1.4 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 2 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 7 | 49.4 | 9.0 | 680.1 | 1 | 14.3 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 32 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.030 | 3 | 9.4 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 13 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 61 | 19.51 | 0.25 | 169.50 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 13 | 0.0 | 0.001 | 0.013 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 76 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.37 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 64 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 10 | 15.6 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 32 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.026 | 1 | 3.1 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 40 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.024 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 61 | 5.84 | 0.05 | 33.04 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 62 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 4 | 6.5 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 17 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 13 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.029 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 13 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.33 | 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 - 4:30 PM
- Email aaslab@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-0841
- Fax 814-863-4540