Columbia

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

Columbia County

9/11/2007 - 6/27/2025, 813 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		 793 0.0 0.0 250.6 360 45.4 0
E.
Coli		 MPN/100
mL		 793 0.0 0.0 200.5 55 6.9 0
pH
-		 699 7.2 4.6 9.5 145 20.7 6.5-8.5
Total
Dissolved
Solids		 mg/L 674 121.0 20.0 4032.0 7 1.0 500
Corrosivity
Index*
-		 171 -1.2 -4.6 1.3 120 70.2 -
Hardness mg/L 187 63.7 0.8 1013.3 - - -
Nitrate+Nitrite
N		 mg/L 275 1.4 0.2 33.6 3 1.1 10
Chloride mg/L 66 4.0 2.0 80.6 0 0.0 250
Sulfate mg/L 37 9.8 1.0 50.3 0 0.0 250
Aluminum mg/L 11 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.05-0.2
Arsenic mg/L 102 0.00 0.001 0.026 4 3.9 0.01
Barium mg/L 92 0.04 0.00 0.55 0 0.0 2
Cadmium mg/L 29 0.00 0.001 0.004 0 0.0 0.005
Calcium mg/L 179 16.33 0.25 187.97 - - -
Chromium mg/L 29 0.0 0.001 0.005 0 0.0 0.1
Copper mg/L 196 0.01 0.01 8.31 2 1.0 1.0,1.3
Iron mg/L 193 0.1 0.1 11.1 30 15.5 0.3
Lead-1st
draw		 mg/L 132 0.00 0.003 0.695 19 14.4 0.015
Lead-Running mg/L 128 0.003 0.003 4.590 13 10.2 0.015
Magnesium mg/L 179 4.98 0.05 132.10 - - -
Manganese mg/L 214 0.01 0.01 0.88 51 23.8 0.05
Mercury mg/L 31 0.00 0.000 0.001 0 0.0 0.002
Nickel mg/L 29 0.01 0.005 0.041 - - -
Sodium mg/L 32 6.91 0.99 95.11 - - -
Zinc mg/L 29 0.02 0.005 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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University Park, PA 16802
Directions

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