Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Lackawanna County
2/22/2008 - 5/30/2023, 354 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 |
344 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 112 | 32.6 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
344 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 16 | 4.7 | 0 |
pH | - |
298 | 7.5 | 5.9 | 8.8 | 23 | 7.7 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 297 | 162.0 | 29.0 | 2073.0 | 9 | 3.0 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
136 | -0.4 | -3.5 | 0.5 | 67 | 49.3 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 143 | 100.3 | 0.8 | 350.1 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 149 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 9.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 22 | 30.2 | 1.5 | 1204.9 | 1 | 4.5 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 11 | 13.0 | 3.9 | 14.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 2 | 22.2 | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 70 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.019 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 37 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.52 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 13 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.004 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 131 | 32.93 | 0.25 | 111.85 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 13 | 0.0 | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 145 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 1.61 | 1 | 0.7 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 143 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 7 | 4.9 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 78 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.071 | 6 | 7.7 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 65 | 0.003 | 0.001 | 0.060 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 131 | 3.42 | 0.05 | 17.20 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 137 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1.43 | 17 | 12.4 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 15 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 13 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.041 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 39 | 13.61 | 1.36 | 97.88 | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 13 | 0.02 | 0.005 | 0.52 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 |
*For corrosivity index, failure criteria based on less than -0.5 or greater than 0.5
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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