Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Huntingdon County
1/4/2007 - 6/30/2020, 309 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 |
298 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 138 | 46.3 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
298 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 34 | 11.4 | 0 |
pH | - |
212 | 7.6 | 4.8 | 8.7 | 11 | 5.2 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 213 | 187.0 | 20.0 | 2356.0 | 14 | 6.6 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
83 | -0.2 | -6.8 | 1.0 | 55 | 66.3 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 90 | 97.9 | 0.8 | 1465.6 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 89 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 13.9 | 2 | 2.2 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 7 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 111.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 11 | 15.7 | 3.6 | 661.0 | 2 | 18.2 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 23 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.033 | 5 | 21.7 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 15 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.34 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 8 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 83 | 24.34 | 0.25 | 490.35 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 8 | 0.0 | 0.005 | 0.005 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 94 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1.60 | 1 | 1.1 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 94 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 4.9 | 35 | 37.2 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 33 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.099 | 4 | 12.1 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 37 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.035 | 1 | 2.7 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 83 | 8.33 | 0.05 | 81.58 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 91 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 2.03 | 27 | 29.7 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 12 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 8 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.005 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 8 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 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 - 4:30 PM
- Email aaslab@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-0841
- Fax 814-863-4540