Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Greene County
6/3/2008 - 11/8/2021, 85 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 |
82 | 48.8 | 0.0 | 227.8 | 62 | 75.6 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
82 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 32 | 39.0 | 0 |
pH | - |
79 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 9.2 | 8 | 10.1 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 79 | 288.0 | 100.0 | 2598.0 | 3 | 3.8 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
55 | 0.4 | -2.2 | 1.2 | 36 | 65.5 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 57 | 197.9 | 0.8 | 507.8 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 50 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 4.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 9 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1262.4 | 1 | 11.1 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 2 | 19.8 | 11.5 | 28.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 59 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.009 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 65 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 3.18 | 1 | 1.5 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 10 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 55 | 57.45 | 0.25 | 153.97 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 10 | 0.0 | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 65 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.23 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 2 | 20.0 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 52 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.023 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 61 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.014 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 55 | 10.54 | 0.05 | 29.94 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 11 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 3.32 | 2 | 18.2 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 10 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 10 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.006 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 10 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 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 - 4:30 PM
- Email aaslab@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-0841
- Fax 814-863-4540