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

Huntingdon County

1/4/2007 - 6/28/2023, 540 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
509 0.0 0.0 200.5 227 44.6 0
E.
Coli
MPN/100
mL
509 0.0 0.0 200.5 50 9.8 0
pH
-
357 7.5 4.8 9.8 26 7.3 6.5-8.5
Total
Dissolved
Solids
mg/L 358 189.0 20.0 2356.0 18 5.0 500
Corrosivity
Index*

-
130 -0.3 -10.2 1.7 85 65.4 -
Hardness mg/L 146 94.4 0.8 1465.6 - - -
Nitrate+Nitrite
N
mg/L 154 0.5 0.2 30.0 6 3.9 10
Chloride mg/L 12 4.8 1.0 111.5 0 0.0 250
Sulfate mg/L 22 12.3 2.2 661.0 2 9.1 250
Aluminum mg/L 8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.05-0.2
Arsenic mg/L 63 0.00 0.001 0.048 12 19.0 0.01
Barium mg/L 24 0.02 0.00 0.34 0 0.0 2
Cadmium mg/L 13 0.00 0.001 0.002 0 0.0 0.005
Calcium mg/L 130 24.19 0.25 490.35 - - -
Chromium mg/L 13 0.0 0.005 0.005 0 0.0 0.1
Copper mg/L 147 0.01 0.01 1.60 1 0.7 1.0,1.3
Iron mg/L 146 0.1 0.1 4.9 42 28.8 0.3
Lead-1st
draw
mg/L 84 0.00 0.003 0.178 9 10.7 0.015
Lead-Running mg/L 74 0.003 0.003 0.035 2 2.7 0.015
Magnesium mg/L 130 8.35 0.05 81.58 - - -
Manganese mg/L 141 0.01 0.01 2.42 42 29.8 0.05
Mercury mg/L 21 0.00 0.000 0.001 0 0.0 0.002
Nickel mg/L 13 0.01 0.005 0.005 - - -
Sodium mg/L 0 - - - - - -
Zinc mg/L 13 0.01 0.005 0.07 0 0.0 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