Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory

Fulton County

9/8/2008 - 4/15/2024, 57 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
53 1.0 0.0 200.5 28 52.8 0
E.
Coli
MPN/100
mL
53 0.0 0.0 200.5 3 5.7 0
pH
-
48 7.3 5.6 8.0 8 16.7 6.5-8.5
Total
Dissolved
Solids
mg/L 47 113.0 20.0 318.0 0 0.0 500
Corrosivity
Index*

-
25 -1.0 -4.4 0.5 19 76.0 -
Hardness mg/L 26 68.3 0.8 261.5 - - -
Nitrate+Nitrite
N
mg/L 17 0.5 0.2 4.3 0 0.0 10
Chloride mg/L 0 - - - - - 250
Sulfate mg/L 2 2.8 2.4 3.2 0 0.0 250
Aluminum mg/L 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 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 25 16.72 0.25 92.54 - - -
Chromium mg/L 0 - - - - - 0.1
Copper mg/L 25 0.01 0.01 0.34 0 0.0 1.0,1.3
Iron mg/L 26 0.2 0.1 5.1 12 46.2 0.3
Lead-1st
draw
mg/L 14 0.01 0.003 0.017 1 7.1 0.015
Lead-Running mg/L 14 0.003 0.003 0.041 2 14.3 0.015
Magnesium mg/L 25 5.33 0.05 12.03 - - -
Manganese mg/L 26 0.02 0.01 1.40 10 38.5 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

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