Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Cameron County
3/11/2008 - 12/3/2021, 94 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 |
92 | 20.7 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 65 | 70.7 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
92 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 28 | 30.4 | 0 |
pH | - |
90 | 7.3 | 5.5 | 9.3 | 12 | 13.3 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 88 | 109.5 | 20.0 | 687.0 | 5 | 5.7 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
34 | -0.4 | -3.2 | 0.3 | 17 | 50.0 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 16 | 56.8 | 17.2 | 200.3 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 51 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 25 | 17.6 | 1.0 | 251.7 | 1 | 4.0 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 4 | 9.0 | 4.2 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 1 | 25.0 | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 23 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.048 | 1 | 4.3 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 30 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 2.03 | 1 | 3.3 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 4 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 15 | 17.03 | 5.18 | 51.72 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 4 | 0.0 | 0.005 | 0.005 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 19 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.30 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 15 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3.5 | 2 | 13.3 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 12 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.077 | 2 | 16.7 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 17 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.006 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 15 | 3.71 | 1.91 | 17.27 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 17 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.31 | 6 | 35.3 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 5 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 4 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.011 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 4 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.19 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 |
*For corrosivity index, failure criteria based on less than -0.5 or greater than 0.5
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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