Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Lackawanna County
2/22/2008 - 3/23/2020, 272 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 |
265 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 90 | 34.0 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
265 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 12 | 4.5 | 0 |
pH | - |
263 | 7.5 | 6.0 | 8.8 | 19 | 7.2 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 261 | 163.0 | 33.0 | 1014.0 | 7 | 2.7 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
113 | -0.3 | -2.9 | 0.5 | 52 | 46.0 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 120 | 105.7 | 0.8 | 350.1 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 108 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 9.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 18 | 25.3 | 2.0 | 94.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 6 | 13.3 | 3.9 | 14.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1 | 16.7 | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 26 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.019 | 1 | 3.8 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 33 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.52 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 12 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.004 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 108 | 34.80 | 0.25 | 111.85 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 12 | 0.0 | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 120 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 1.61 | 1 | 0.8 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 119 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 5 | 4.2 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 23 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.071 | 4 | 17.4 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 47 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.010 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 108 | 3.64 | 0.05 | 17.20 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 113 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1.43 | 14 | 12.4 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 13 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 12 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.041 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 12 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.52 | 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