Cambria

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

Cambria County

10/14/2007 - 4/25/2024, 95 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		 91 2.0 0.0 200.5 49 53.8 0
E.
Coli		 MPN/100
mL		 91 0.0 0.0 73.8 16 17.6 0
pH
-		 85 7.2 5.5 8.2 11 12.9 6.5-8.5
Total
Dissolved
Solids		 mg/L 84 161.5 20.0 1920.0 3 3.6 500
Corrosivity
Index*
-		 31 -1.8 -4.3 0.7 27 87.1 -
Hardness mg/L 33 42.9 0.8 372.1 - - -
Nitrate+Nitrite
N		 mg/L 29 0.5 0.2 11.3 1 3.4 10
Chloride mg/L 13 7.3 5.0 950.5 1 7.7 250
Sulfate mg/L 14 16.4 7.5 586.6 2 14.3 250
Aluminum mg/L 13 0.0 0.0 0.2 1 7.7 0.05-0.2
Arsenic mg/L 24 0.00 0.003 0.027 1 4.2 0.01
Barium mg/L 26 0.07 0.00 11.54 1 3.8 2
Cadmium mg/L 14 0.00 0.001 0.001 0 0.0 0.005
Calcium mg/L 30 10.16 0.25 97.51 - - -
Chromium mg/L 14 0.0 0.005 0.005 0 0.0 0.1
Copper mg/L 45 0.01 0.01 1.52 1 2.2 1.0,1.3
Iron mg/L 34 0.1 0.1 61.3 7 20.6 0.3
Lead-1st
draw		 mg/L 11 0.00 0.003 0.030 2 18.2 0.015
Lead-Running mg/L 30 0.003 0.003 0.242 1 3.3 0.015
Magnesium mg/L 30 3.14 0.05 31.24 - - -
Manganese mg/L 34 0.01 0.01 12.84 9 26.5 0.05
Mercury mg/L 11 0.00 0.001 0.001 0 0.0 0.002
Nickel mg/L 14 0.01 0.005 0.008 - - -
Sodium mg/L 0 - - - - - -
Zinc mg/L 14 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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