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

Fulton County

9/8/2008 - 6/6/2022, 41 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
38 1.0 0.0 200.5 20 52.6 0
E.
Coli
MPN/100
mL
38 0.0 0.0 200.5 1 2.6 0
pH
-
35 7.3 5.6 8.0 6 17.1 6.5-8.5
Total
Dissolved
Solids
mg/L 34 107.5 20.0 318.0 0 0.0 500
Corrosivity
Index*

-
16 -1.0 -3.0 0.5 12 75.0 -
Hardness mg/L 17 64.3 0.8 261.5 - - -
Nitrate+Nitrite
N
mg/L 14 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 16 14.19 0.25 92.54 - - -
Chromium mg/L 0 - - - - - 0.1
Copper mg/L 16 0.02 0.01 0.34 0 0.0 1.0,1.3
Iron mg/L 17 0.3 0.1 3.9 9 52.9 0.3
Lead-1st
draw
mg/L 11 0.01 0.003 0.017 1 9.1 0.015
Lead-Running mg/L 9 0.003 0.003 0.006 0 0.0 0.015
Magnesium mg/L 16 5.34 0.05 12.03 - - -
Manganese mg/L 16 0.02 0.01 0.56 5 31.3 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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111 Ag Analytical Srvcs Lab
University Park, PA 16802
Directions

Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM