Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Erie County
6/2/2008 - 6/25/2024, 142 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 |
135 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 72 | 53.3 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
135 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 165.2 | 10 | 7.4 | 0 |
pH | - |
131 | 7.8 | 6.0 | 8.6 | 4 | 3.1 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 130 | 234.5 | 39.0 | 1185.0 | 9 | 6.9 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
95 | 0.1 | -2.7 | 0.8 | 53 | 55.8 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 99 | 112.4 | 0.8 | 630.5 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 72 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 7.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 9 | 37.8 | 2.0 | 429.9 | 1 | 11.1 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 9 | 15.5 | 1.0 | 71.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 71 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.027 | 10 | 14.1 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 58 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.74 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 4 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 94 | 31.06 | 0.25 | 173.69 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 4 | 0.0 | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 104 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1.53 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 55 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 5.1 | 17 | 30.9 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 83 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.046 | 5 | 6.0 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 77 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.018 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 94 | 7.60 | 0.05 | 47.78 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 54 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.55 | 17 | 31.5 | 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 | 0.006 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 4 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.02 | 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