Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Carbon County
8/9/2007 - 7/5/2022, 124 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 |
121 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 39 | 32.2 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
121 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 7 | 5.8 | 0 |
pH | - |
106 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 8.4 | 56 | 52.8 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 103 | 66.0 | 20.0 | 818.0 | 2 | 1.9 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
41 | -3.1 | -5.7 | 0.7 | 40 | 97.6 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 42 | 23.5 | 0.8 | 213.1 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 23 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 8.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 3 | 15.5 | 2.2 | 20.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 5 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 22.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 16 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.012 | 1 | 6.3 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 12 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 10 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 38 | 4.34 | 0.25 | 36.21 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 10 | 0.0 | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 47 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 2.51 | 1 | 2.1 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 46 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 2 | 4.3 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 29 | 0.01 | 0.003 | 0.108 | 7 | 24.1 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 33 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.014 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 33 | 2.44 | 0.05 | 33.37 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 43 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 9.13 | 10 | 23.3 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 15 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.348 | 5 | 33.3 | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 9 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.010 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 5 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.12 | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 13 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 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 - 4:30 PM
- Email aaslab@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-0841
- Fax 814-863-4540