Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Bucks County
8/31/2007 - 7/12/2022, 428 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 |
382 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 244.6 | 123 | 32.2 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
382 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 16 | 4.2 | 0 |
pH | - |
369 | 7.6 | 5.5 | 10.3 | 33 | 8.9 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 364 | 271.0 | 20.0 | 1886.0 | 26 | 7.1 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
194 | -0.4 | -4.3 | 2.2 | 131 | 67.5 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 205 | 161.4 | 0.8 | 736.9 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 131 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 217.7 | 2 | 1.5 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 16 | 33.6 | 2.0 | 151.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 17 | 20.7 | 8.7 | 55.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2 | 10.5 | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 150 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.023 | 19 | 12.7 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 90 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 1.11 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 80 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.004 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 188 | 37.83 | 0.25 | 215.45 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 80 | 0.0 | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 253 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 1.50 | 1 | 0.4 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 210 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 19 | 9.0 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 123 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.130 | 15 | 12.2 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 188 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.043 | 4 | 2.1 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 164 | 13.88 | 0.05 | 72.80 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 200 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 31.85 | 44 | 22.0 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 107 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 1.728 | 29 | 27.1 | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 74 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.017 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 30 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1.51 | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 97 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.45 | 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