Bucks

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

Bucks County

8/31/2007 - 6/27/2025, 614 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		 562 0.0 0.0 244.6 179 31.9 0
E.
Coli		 MPN/100
mL		 562 0.0 0.0 200.5 24 4.3 0
pH
-		 511 7.6 5.4 10.3 48 9.4 6.5-8.5
Total
Dissolved
Solids		 mg/L 507 275.0 20.0 2492.0 41 8.1 500
Corrosivity
Index*
-		 285 -0.6 -4.3 2.2 191 67.0 -
Hardness mg/L 301 145.9 0.8 736.9 - - -
Nitrate+Nitrite
N		 mg/L 242 2.1 0.2 217.7 3 1.2 10
Chloride mg/L 65 33.5 2.0 246.9 0 0.0 250
Sulfate mg/L 67 24.1 1.0 550.6 1 1.5 250
Aluminum mg/L 28 0.0 0.0 0.1 2 7.1 0.05-0.2
Arsenic mg/L 253 0.00 0.001 0.023 21 8.3 0.01
Barium mg/L 146 0.09 0.00 1.11 0 0.0 2
Cadmium mg/L 88 0.00 0.001 0.004 0 0.0 0.005
Calcium mg/L 279 36.95 0.25 215.45 - - -
Chromium mg/L 88 0.0 0.001 0.005 0 0.0 0.1
Copper mg/L 373 0.03 0.01 3.15 2 0.5 1.0,1.3
Iron mg/L 301 0.1 0.1 4.2 26 8.6 0.3
Lead-1st
draw		 mg/L 239 0.00 0.003 0.152 24 10.0 0.015
Lead-Running mg/L 283 0.003 0.003 0.043 4 1.4 0.015
Magnesium mg/L 279 12.86 0.05 76.59 - - -
Manganese mg/L 302 0.01 0.01 1.00 33 10.9 0.05
Mercury mg/L 86 0.00 0.000 0.001 0 0.0 0.002
Nickel mg/L 88 0.01 0.005 0.024 - - -
Sodium mg/L 50 20.61 1.49 339.82 - - -
Zinc mg/L 88 0.01 0.005 0.45 0 0.0 5

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

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University Park, PA 16802
Directions

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