Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Lebanon County
8/9/2007 - 3/29/2022, 109 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 |
104 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 42 | 40.4 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
104 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28.8 | 11 | 10.6 | 0 |
pH | - |
89 | 7.4 | 4.7 | 8.8 | 12 | 13.5 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 89 | 207.0 | 10.0 | 906.0 | 7 | 7.9 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
32 | -0.8 | -3.4 | 0.4 | 18 | 56.3 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 35 | 75.3 | 0.8 | 546.1 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 25 | 4.6 | 0.2 | 18.2 | 3 | 12.0 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 4 | 13.6 | 7.7 | 46.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 1 | 51.9 | 51.9 | 51.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 19 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 13 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.75 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 11 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.004 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 32 | 18.86 | 0.25 | 195.61 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 11 | 0.0 | 0.005 | 0.005 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 43 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1.40 | 1 | 2.3 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 32 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 5.1 | 4 | 12.5 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 17 | 0.01 | 0.003 | 0.026 | 1 | 5.9 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 25 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.006 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 32 | 5.25 | 0.05 | 20.12 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 33 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 4.83 | 7 | 21.2 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 12 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 11 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.036 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 11 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.29 | 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