Chester

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

Chester County

1/18/2008 - 7/7/2020, 219 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		 205 0.0 0.0 200.5 73 35.6 0
E.
Coli		 MPN/100
mL		 205 0.0 0.0 36.4 5 2.4 0
pH
-		 198 7.0 5.1 10.3 44 22.2 6.5-8.5
Total
Dissolved
Solids		 mg/L 196 189.5 24.0 868.0 5 2.6 500
Corrosivity
Index*
-		 103 -1.5 -4.7 1.9 80 77.7 -
Hardness mg/L 105 76.1 0.8 403.0 - - -
Nitrate+Nitrite
N		 mg/L 66 3.8 0.2 13.9 6 9.1 10
Chloride mg/L 13 10.5 5.5 407.7 1 7.7 250
Sulfate mg/L 11 20.5 5.8 77.2 0 0.0 250
Aluminum mg/L 10 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0.0 0.05-0.2
Arsenic mg/L 44 0.00 0.001 0.014 1 2.3 0.01
Barium mg/L 30 0.05 0.00 1.50 0 0.0 2
Cadmium mg/L 16 0.00 0.001 0.002 0 0.0 0.005
Calcium mg/L 101 18.67 0.25 126.03 - - -
Chromium mg/L 16 0.0 0.001 0.005 0 0.0 0.1
Copper mg/L 98 0.07 0.01 11.31 9 9.2 1.0,1.3
Iron mg/L 107 0.1 0.0 2.8 13 12.1 0.3
Lead-1st
draw		 mg/L 53 0.01 0.003 0.103 11 20.8 0.015
Lead-Running mg/L 66 0.003 0.003 0.051 2 3.0 0.015
Magnesium mg/L 78 6.90 0.05 43.37 - - -
Manganese mg/L 99 0.01 0.00 20.14 38 38.4 0.05
Mercury mg/L 49 0.05 0.000 28.467 35 71.4 0.002
Nickel mg/L 20 0.01 0.005 11.040 - - -
Sodium mg/L 21 0.01 0.01 0.23 - - -
Zinc mg/L 31 0.00 0.00 0.59 0 0.0 5

*For corrosivity index, failure criteria based on less than -0.5 or greater than 0.5

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111 Ag Analytical Srvcs Lab
University Park, PA 16802
Directions

Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM