Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Luzerne County
10/26/2007 - 6/28/2022, 342 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 |
316 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 121 | 38.3 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
316 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 38.4 | 23 | 7.3 | 0 |
pH | - |
284 | 7.1 | 4.5 | 9.1 | 61 | 21.5 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 283 | 135.0 | 20.0 | 1318.0 | 3 | 1.1 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
99 | -1.0 | -4.6 | 0.5 | 64 | 64.6 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 108 | 79.5 | 0.8 | 227.7 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 103 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.1 | 2 | 1.9 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 18 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 448.9 | 1 | 5.6 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 6 | 11.4 | 9.8 | 18.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1 | 25.0 | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 68 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.021 | 3 | 4.4 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 69 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.27 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 14 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 102 | 18.98 | 0.25 | 65.41 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 14 | 0.0 | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 111 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 5.12 | 1 | 0.9 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 70 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 4.9 | 9 | 12.9 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 77 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.083 | 6 | 7.8 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 100 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.031 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 102 | 4.74 | 0.05 | 21.44 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 69 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1.44 | 16 | 23.2 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 15 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 14 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.010 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 5 | 6.47 | 1.91 | 8.09 | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 14 | 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