Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Forest County
8/17/2011 - 6/20/2022, 68 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 |
68 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 42 | 61.8 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
68 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 17 | 25.0 | 0 |
pH | - |
65 | 6.6 | 5.0 | 8.9 | 34 | 52.3 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 65 | 101.0 | 20.0 | 1507.0 | 2 | 3.1 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
51 | -3.2 | -5.5 | 0.7 | 41 | 80.4 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 51 | 24.4 | 0.8 | 161.5 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 51 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 11.1 | 1 | 2.0 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 8 | 10.1 | 1.0 | 850.3 | 2 | 25.0 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 52 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.012 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 51 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 1.37 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 51 | 5.26 | 0.25 | 48.52 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 51 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 1.18 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 10.0 | 3 | 50.0 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 50 | 0.01 | 0.003 | 0.171 | 9 | 18.0 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 48 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.015 | 1 | 2.1 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 51 | 2.47 | 0.05 | 11.21 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 7 | 0.22 | 0.05 | 0.46 | 7 | 100.0 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 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