Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Huntingdon County
1/4/2007 - 7/1/2024, 601 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 |
563 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 255 | 45.3 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
563 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 56 | 9.9 | 0 |
pH | - |
396 | 7.5 | 4.8 | 9.8 | 30 | 7.6 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 398 | 188.5 | 20.0 | 2356.0 | 18 | 4.5 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
145 | -0.2 | -6.8 | 1.7 | 90 | 62.1 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 164 | 95.8 | 0.8 | 1465.6 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 202 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 30.0 | 7 | 3.5 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 21 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 111.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 31 | 10.5 | 1.0 | 661.0 | 2 | 6.5 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 70 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.048 | 12 | 17.1 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 31 | 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 | 145 | 25.85 | 0.25 | 490.35 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 13 | 0.0 | 0.005 | 0.005 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 162 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1.60 | 1 | 0.6 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 164 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 6.3 | 45 | 27.4 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 101 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.099 | 9 | 8.9 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 89 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.035 | 2 | 2.2 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 145 | 8.49 | 0.05 | 81.58 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 156 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 2.42 | 45 | 28.8 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 20 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 13 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.005 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 4 | 10.86 | 5.02 | 39.65 | - | - | - |
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
Ag Analytical Services Lab
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Ag Analytical Services Lab
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
- Email aaslab@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-0841
- Fax 814-863-4540