Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Monroe County
10/29/2007 - 6/24/2024, 243 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 |
239 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 74 | 31.0 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
239 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 8 | 3.3 | 0 |
pH | - |
215 | 7.0 | 4.8 | 9.3 | 67 | 31.2 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 173 | 129.0 | 20.0 | 1128.0 | 5 | 2.9 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
86 | -1.2 | -4.5 | 0.8 | 58 | 67.4 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 87 | 67.5 | 0.8 | 831.7 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 90 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 8 | 12.2 | 1.6 | 139.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 12 | 13.6 | 2.0 | 54.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 81 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.010 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 29 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 14 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 83 | 15.79 | 0.25 | 292.93 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 14 | 0.0 | 0.005 | 0.005 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 97 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 2.13 | 2 | 2.1 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 80 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 6.6 | 12 | 15.0 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 97 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.076 | 11 | 11.3 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 64 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.035 | 2 | 3.1 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 83 | 4.71 | 0.05 | 36.49 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 120 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 4.51 | 22 | 18.3 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 17 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 14 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.008 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 2 | 4.35 | 2.53 | 6.17 | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 14 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.11 | 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 - 4:00 PM
- Email aaslab@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-0841
- Fax 814-863-4540