Montour

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

Montour County

10/4/2007 - 3/22/2019, 84 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		 81 0.0 0.0 200.5 31 38.3 0
E.
Coli		 MPN/100
mL		 81 0.0 0.0 8.7 3 3.7 0
pH
-		 74 7.7 6.3 9.4 8 10.8 6.5-8.5
Total
Dissolved
Solids		 mg/L 74 193.0 51.0 1662.0 5 6.8 500
Corrosivity
Index*
-		 59 -1.2 -3.6 0.9 43 72.9 -
Hardness mg/L 60 59.3 0.8 1131.0 - - -
Nitrate+Nitrite
N		 mg/L 54 0.5 0.2 12.3 1 1.9 10
Chloride mg/L 0 - - - - - 250
Sulfate mg/L 4 657.5 30.8 947.3 3 75.0 250
Aluminum mg/L 0 - - - - - 0.05-0.2
Arsenic mg/L 50 0.00 0.003 0.004 0 0.0 0.01
Barium mg/L 50 0.02 0.00 0.29 0 0.0 2
Cadmium mg/L 1 0.00 0.001 0.001 0 0.0 0.005
Calcium mg/L 59 12.14 0.25 294.13 - - -
Chromium mg/L 1 0.0 0.005 0.005 0 0.0 0.1
Copper mg/L 58 0.07 0.01 4.20 3 5.2 1.0,1.3
Iron mg/L 59 0.0 0.0 1.5 3 5.1 0.3
Lead-1st
draw		 mg/L 3 0.01 0.003 0.006 0 0.0 0.015
Lead-Running mg/L 54 0.003 0.003 0.083 3 5.6 0.015
Magnesium mg/L 6 6.31 0.18 11.77 - - -
Manganese mg/L 59 3.65 0.01 96.30 41 69.5 0.05
Mercury mg/L 6 0.12 0.001 6.810 5 83.3 0.002
Nickel mg/L 1 0.01 0.005 0.005 - - -
Sodium mg/L 5 0.11 0.01 0.99 - - -
Zinc mg/L 54 0.00 0.00 0.03 0 0.0 5

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

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111 Ag Analytical Services Lab
University Park, PA 16802
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Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM