Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Monroe County
10/29/2007 - 6/28/2022, 178 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 |
177 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 58 | 32.8 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
177 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 6 | 3.4 | 0 |
pH | - |
161 | 7.2 | 4.8 | 8.3 | 41 | 25.5 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 119 | 131.0 | 20.0 | 1128.0 | 5 | 4.2 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
71 | -0.9 | -4.5 | 0.8 | 45 | 63.4 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 72 | 74.5 | 0.8 | 831.7 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 77 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 7 | 5.0 | 1.6 | 139.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 10 | 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 | 72 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.009 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 26 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 13 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 68 | 17.02 | 0.25 | 292.93 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 13 | 0.0 | 0.005 | 0.005 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 80 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 7.95 | 4 | 5.0 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 63 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 9 | 14.3 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 78 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.076 | 9 | 11.5 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 56 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.035 | 2 | 3.6 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 60 | 4.96 | 0.05 | 36.49 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 104 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 14.27 | 20 | 19.2 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 24 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 3.403 | 8 | 33.3 | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 13 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.008 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 8 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.16 | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 20 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 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 - 4:30 PM
- Email aaslab@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-0841
- Fax 814-863-4540