Berks

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

Berks County

9/12/2007 - 6/16/2025, 464 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		 435 0.0 0.0 691.0 175 40.2 0
E.
Coli		 MPN/100
mL		 435 0.0 0.0 200.5 34 7.8 0
pH
-		 399 7.3 4.7 10.8 74 18.5 6.5-8.5
Total
Dissolved
Solids		 mg/L 396 182.5 20.0 1125.0 17 4.3 500
Corrosivity
Index*
-		 177 -1.5 -4.7 0.6 136 76.8 -
Hardness mg/L 190 61.7 0.8 405.7 - - -
Nitrate+Nitrite
N		 mg/L 200 3.3 0.2 19.4 15 7.5 10
Chloride mg/L 29 9.5 1.3 162.6 0 0.0 250
Sulfate mg/L 30 13.1 1.0 48.9 0 0.0 250
Aluminum mg/L 10 0.0 0.0 0.2 1 10.0 0.05-0.2
Arsenic mg/L 108 0.00 0.001 0.062 7 6.5 0.01
Barium mg/L 62 0.02 0.00 0.53 0 0.0 2
Cadmium mg/L 29 0.00 0.001 0.004 0 0.0 0.005
Calcium mg/L 176 14.85 0.25 94.55 - - -
Chromium mg/L 29 0.0 0.001 0.005 0 0.0 0.1
Copper mg/L 214 0.04 0.01 6.74 5 2.3 1.0,1.3
Iron mg/L 184 0.1 0.1 47.4 20 10.9 0.3
Lead-1st
draw		 mg/L 146 0.00 0.003 0.076 12 8.2 0.015
Lead-Running mg/L 155 0.003 0.003 2.417 8 5.2 0.015
Magnesium mg/L 176 4.83 0.05 46.37 - - -
Manganese mg/L 179 0.01 0.01 9.49 24 13.4 0.05
Mercury mg/L 28 0.00 0.000 0.001 0 0.0 0.002
Nickel mg/L 29 0.01 0.005 0.016 - - -
Sodium mg/L 12 60.78 3.64 83.82 - - -
Zinc mg/L 29 0.01 0.005 0.16 0 0.0 5

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

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