Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Fayette County
12/13/2007 - 7/1/2024, 138 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 |
129 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 76 | 58.9 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
129 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 34 | 26.4 | 0 |
pH | - |
113 | 7.4 | 4.8 | 9.1 | 15 | 13.3 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 109 | 186.0 | 20.0 | 2123.0 | 5 | 4.6 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
69 | -1.1 | -5.5 | 0.9 | 49 | 71.0 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 73 | 55.2 | 0.8 | 525.9 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 64 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 5.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 26 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 802.9 | 1 | 3.8 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 20 | 19.6 | 1.6 | 263.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1 | 8.3 | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 55 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.012 | 1 | 1.8 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 60 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 1.75 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 8 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 69 | 16.34 | 0.25 | 146.76 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 8 | 0.0 | 0.005 | 0.005 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 79 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.79 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 46 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 74.0 | 11 | 23.9 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 60 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.021 | 2 | 3.3 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 64 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.367 | 2 | 3.1 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 67 | 5.29 | 0.05 | 38.71 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 50 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1.52 | 14 | 28.0 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 7 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 10 | 0.01 | 0.003 | 0.009 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 5 | 8.10 | 1.08 | 58.01 | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 8 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.04 | 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