Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Fayette County
12/13/2007 - 5/23/2022, 110 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 |
102 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 61 | 59.8 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
102 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 23 | 22.5 | 0 |
pH | - |
90 | 7.5 | 4.8 | 9.1 | 10 | 11.1 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 89 | 196.0 | 20.0 | 2123.0 | 4 | 4.5 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
57 | -0.8 | -5.5 | 0.9 | 40 | 70.2 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 61 | 66.4 | 0.8 | 383.1 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 47 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 4.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 15 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 802.9 | 1 | 6.7 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 10 | 20.2 | 5.4 | 64.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1 | 12.5 | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 40 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 49 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 1.75 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 7 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 58 | 16.78 | 0.25 | 118.04 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 7 | 0.0 | 0.005 | 0.005 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 64 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.79 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 32 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 74.0 | 10 | 31.3 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 49 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.021 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 51 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.027 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 56 | 5.50 | 0.05 | 28.82 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 35 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1.52 | 10 | 28.6 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 7 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 9 | 0.01 | 0.003 | 0.009 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 7 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 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 - 4:30 PM
- Email aaslab@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-0841
- Fax 814-863-4540