Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Indiana County
10/8/2007 - 7/7/2021, 71 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 |
66 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 38 | 57.6 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
66 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 13 | 19.7 | 0 |
pH | - |
60 | 7.7 | 4.7 | 9.1 | 10 | 16.7 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 59 | 185.0 | 20.0 | 1017.0 | 3 | 5.1 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
19 | 0.1 | -3.6 | 0.5 | 7 | 36.8 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 19 | 104.5 | 0.8 | 326.3 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 21 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 6 | 6.2 | 4.4 | 21.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 7 | 27.9 | 10.0 | 261.6 | 1 | 14.3 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1 | 14.3 | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 9 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.011 | 1 | 11.1 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 12 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.39 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 6 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 19 | 29.80 | 0.25 | 91.20 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 6 | 0.0 | 0.002 | 0.005 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 25 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.32 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 20 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 7.9 | 9 | 45.0 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 6 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.012 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 13 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.019 | 2 | 15.4 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 19 | 6.23 | 0.05 | 23.95 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 27 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.62 | 15 | 55.6 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 6 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 6 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.005 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 6 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 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