Lycoming

Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory

Lycoming County

8/20/2007 - 6/28/2018, 88 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		 86 0.0 0.0 200.5 37 43.0 0
E.
Coli		 MPN/100
mL		 86 0.0 0.0 45.3 12 14.0 0
pH
-		 57 7.3 5.7 9.4 16 28.1 6.5-8.5
Total
Dissolved
Solids		 mg/L 57 109.0 20.0 2135.0 1 1.8 500
Corrosivity
Index*
-		 15 -1.9 -4.7 0.3 12 80.0 -
Hardness mg/L 22 42.5 1.4 122.0 - - -
Nitrate+Nitrite
N		 mg/L 19 0.5 0.5 8.4 0 0.0 10
Chloride mg/L 31 5.0 2.0 35.2 0 0.0 250
Sulfate mg/L 10 10.0 3.0 10.0 0 0.0 250
Aluminum mg/L 9 0.0 0.0 0.1 2 22.2 0.05-0.2
Arsenic mg/L 19 0.00 0.001 0.013 2 10.5 0.01
Barium mg/L 36 0.06 0.00 0.47 0 0.0 2
Cadmium mg/L 4 0.00 0.001 0.002 0 0.0 0.005
Calcium mg/L 22 13.54 0.46 39.67 - - -
Chromium mg/L 4 0.0 0.001 0.005 0 0.0 0.1
Copper mg/L 18 0.01 0.01 2.15 1 5.6 1.0,1.3
Iron mg/L 23 0.1 0.0 3.5 1 4.3 0.3
Lead-1st
draw		 mg/L 1 0.00 0.003 0.003 0 0.0 0.015
Lead-Running mg/L 17 0.003 0.003 0.006 0 0.0 0.015
Magnesium mg/L 17 2.25 0.16 7.95 - - -
Manganese mg/L 25 0.01 0.01 7.46 7 28.0 0.05
Mercury mg/L 8 0.03 0.000 2.019 4 50.0 0.002
Nickel mg/L 4 0.01 0.005 0.010 - - -
Sodium mg/L 10 3.57 0.01 16.91 - - -
Zinc mg/L 7 0.01 0.00 0.01 0 0.0 5

*For corrosivity index, failure criteria based on less than -0.5 or greater than 0.5

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Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM