Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Bradford County
9/7/2007 - 7/18/2024, 226 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 |
215 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 461.1 | 101 | 47.0 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
215 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 22 | 10.2 | 0 |
pH | - |
189 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 18 | 9.5 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 153 | 224.0 | 36.0 | 3441.0 | 8 | 5.2 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
43 | 0.2 | -2.7 | 0.8 | 23 | 53.5 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 48 | 124.1 | 0.8 | 371.3 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 75 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 75 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 2050.6 | 1 | 1.3 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 12 | 12.5 | 1.6 | 25.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1 | 14.3 | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 60 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.141 | 6 | 10.0 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 81 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 13.12 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 12 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 44 | 37.69 | 0.25 | 116.41 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 12 | 0.0 | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 56 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.43 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 52 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 4.2 | 8 | 15.4 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 62 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.105 | 6 | 9.7 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 39 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.038 | 3 | 7.7 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 44 | 6.72 | 0.05 | 26.71 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 84 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 2.41 | 26 | 31.0 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 15 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 12 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.007 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 5 | 8.21 | 3.25 | 52.11 | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 12 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.03 | 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