Philadelphia

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

Philadelphia County

2/6/2008 - 5/6/2025, 109 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		 89 0.0 0.0 253.8 33 37.1 0
E.
Coli		 MPN/100
mL		 89 0.0 0.0 200.5 17 19.1 0
pH
-		 68 7.3 5.9 8.2 3 4.4 6.5-8.5
Total
Dissolved
Solids		 mg/L 67 231.0 20.0 678.0 1 1.5 500
Corrosivity
Index*
-		 29 -0.7 -2.7 -0.1 21 72.4 -
Hardness mg/L 31 120.6 0.8 190.3 - - -
Nitrate+Nitrite
N		 mg/L 7 2.4 0.2 7.8 0 0.0 10
Chloride mg/L 7 62.0 3.2 115.9 0 0.0 250
Sulfate mg/L 3 20.2 3.9 52.6 0 0.0 250
Aluminum mg/L 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.05-0.2
Arsenic mg/L 29 0.00 0.003 0.003 0 0.0 0.01
Barium mg/L 29 0.04 0.00 0.15 0 0.0 2
Cadmium mg/L 27 0.00 0.001 0.001 0 0.0 0.005
Calcium mg/L 29 34.62 0.25 49.47 - - -
Chromium mg/L 27 0.0 0.001 0.005 0 0.0 0.1
Copper mg/L 56 0.05 0.01 1.09 0 0.0 1.0,1.3
Iron mg/L 31 0.1 0.1 0.4 1 3.2 0.3
Lead-1st
draw		 mg/L 50 0.00 0.003 0.037 4 8.0 0.015
Lead-Running mg/L 63 0.003 0.003 0.012 0 0.0 0.015
Magnesium mg/L 29 9.22 0.05 16.66 - - -
Manganese mg/L 30 0.01 0.01 0.02 0 0.0 0.05
Mercury mg/L 26 0.00 0.001 0.001 0 0.0 0.002
Nickel mg/L 27 0.01 0.005 0.008 - - -
Sodium mg/L 1 34.37 34.37 34.37 - - -
Zinc mg/L 27 0.15 0.005 0.29 0 0.0 5

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

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University Park, PA 16802
Directions

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