Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Carbon County
8/9/2007 - 6/12/2024, 161 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 |
158 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 220.9 | 47 | 29.7 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
158 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 7 | 4.4 | 0 |
pH | - |
137 | 6.4 | 4.7 | 8.4 | 74 | 54.0 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 132 | 68.0 | 20.0 | 818.0 | 2 | 1.5 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
51 | -3.1 | -5.7 | 0.7 | 50 | 98.0 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 52 | 22.4 | 0.8 | 213.1 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 31 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 8.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 7 | 10.9 | 1.3 | 21.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 9 | 5.4 | 1.0 | 104.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 23 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.012 | 1 | 4.3 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 17 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 11 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 48 | 4.08 | 0.25 | 36.21 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 11 | 0.0 | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 62 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 2.51 | 1 | 1.6 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 56 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 4 | 7.1 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 42 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.108 | 8 | 19.0 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 44 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.014 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 48 | 2.53 | 0.05 | 33.37 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 54 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 2.60 | 10 | 18.5 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 11 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 11 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.010 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 1 | 13.21 | 13.21 | 13.21 | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 11 | 0.02 | 0.008 | 0.11 | 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