Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Indiana County
10/8/2007 - 6/18/2024, 148 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 |
141 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1413.6 | 76 | 53.9 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
141 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 20 | 14.2 | 0 |
pH | - |
128 | 7.2 | 3.7 | 9.1 | 24 | 18.8 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 124 | 176.5 | 20.0 | 2558.0 | 6 | 4.8 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
62 | -0.9 | -5.1 | 0.6 | 41 | 66.1 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 63 | 84.2 | 0.8 | 1608.1 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 71 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 13 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 21.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 18 | 19.1 | 1.0 | 1636.6 | 2 | 11.1 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2 | 15.4 | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 54 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.048 | 3 | 5.6 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 51 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 1.18 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 9 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 62 | 22.66 | 0.25 | 445.22 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 9 | 0.0 | 0.002 | 0.039 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 74 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.89 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 37 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 7.9 | 14 | 37.8 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 53 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.040 | 2 | 3.8 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 58 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.169 | 3 | 5.2 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 62 | 6.22 | 0.05 | 120.53 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 45 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 3.30 | 23 | 51.1 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 9 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 9 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.123 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 8 | 34.38 | 0.71 | 74.81 | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 9 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.35 | 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