Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Fulton County
9/8/2008 - 7/7/2021, 36 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 |
33 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 17 | 51.5 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
33 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 |
pH | - |
31 | 7.4 | 5.6 | 8.0 | 5 | 16.1 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 30 | 109.5 | 20.0 | 318.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
14 | -0.6 | -3.0 | 0.5 | 9 | 64.3 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 15 | 64.3 | 0.8 | 261.5 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 12 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 4.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 3 | 0.03 | 0.003 | 0.041 | 2 | 66.7 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 1 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 14 | 17.80 | 0.25 | 92.54 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 14 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.34 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 15 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 3.9 | 8 | 53.3 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 10 | 0.01 | 0.003 | 0.017 | 1 | 10.0 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 9 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.006 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 14 | 5.34 | 0.05 | 8.14 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 14 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.48 | 4 | 28.6 | 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