Erie

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

Erie County

6/2/2008 - 5/19/2025, 154 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		 146 1.0 0.0 200.5 76 52.1 0
E.
Coli		 MPN/100
mL		 146 0.0 0.0 165.2 10 6.8 0
pH
-		 138 7.8 6.0 8.6 4 2.9 6.5-8.5
Total
Dissolved
Solids		 mg/L 137 239.0 39.0 1185.0 10 7.3 500
Corrosivity
Index*
-		 100 -0.0 -2.7 0.8 58 58.0 -
Hardness mg/L 105 112.4 0.8 630.5 - - -
Nitrate+Nitrite
N		 mg/L 79 0.2 0.2 7.3 0 0.0 10
Chloride mg/L 12 25.2 1.7 429.9 1 8.3 250
Sulfate mg/L 13 17.0 1.0 107.9 0 0.0 250
Aluminum mg/L 3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.05-0.2
Arsenic mg/L 78 0.00 0.003 0.027 10 12.8 0.01
Barium mg/L 61 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 99 30.05 0.25 173.69 - - -
Chromium mg/L 4 0.0 0.001 0.005 0 0.0 0.1
Copper mg/L 109 0.01 0.01 1.53 1 0.9 1.0,1.3
Iron mg/L 61 0.1 0.1 5.1 20 32.8 0.3
Lead-1st
draw		 mg/L 90 0.00 0.003 0.046 5 5.6 0.015
Lead-Running mg/L 80 0.003 0.003 0.018 1 1.3 0.015
Magnesium mg/L 99 7.45 0.05 47.78 - - -
Manganese mg/L 60 0.02 0.01 0.55 20 33.3 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 7 25.54 3.39 137.60 - - -
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

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