Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Franklin County
8/6/2007 - 7/1/2024, 236 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 |
227 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 94 | 41.4 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
227 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 28 | 12.3 | 0 |
pH | - |
197 | 7.4 | 5.6 | 9.2 | 16 | 8.1 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 197 | 234.0 | 20.0 | 1003.0 | 14 | 7.1 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
62 | -1.1 | -3.0 | 0.8 | 44 | 71.0 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 65 | 55.1 | 0.8 | 374.1 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 108 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 15.4 | 18 | 16.7 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 4 | 70.4 | 24.5 | 219.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 19 | 18.7 | 1.0 | 46.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 40 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 12 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 1.34 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 9 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 61 | 9.33 | 0.25 | 127.32 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 9 | 0.0 | 0.002 | 0.007 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 74 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.47 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 68 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 14.8 | 14 | 20.6 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 38 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.066 | 4 | 10.5 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 39 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.006 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 61 | 4.54 | 0.05 | 40.97 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 75 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 3.64 | 20 | 26.7 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 9 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 9 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.012 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 1 | 199.16 | 199.16 | 199.16 | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 9 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.07 | 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