Philadelphia

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

Philadelphia County

2/6/2008 - 7/5/2022, 95 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		 78 0.0 0.0 253.8 32 41.0 0
E.
Coli		 MPN/100
mL		 78 0.0 0.0 200.5 16 20.5 0
pH
-		 61 7.4 5.9 7.8 2 3.3 6.5-8.5
Total
Dissolved
Solids		 mg/L 60 241.0 20.0 678.0 1 1.7 500
Corrosivity
Index*
-		 26 -0.7 -2.7 -0.1 18 69.2 -
Hardness mg/L 27 120.6 0.8 190.3 - - -
Nitrate+Nitrite
N		 mg/L 5 2.4 0.2 3.7 0 0.0 10
Chloride mg/L 6 59.5 3.2 115.9 0 0.0 250
Sulfate mg/L 1 52.6 52.6 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 26 0.00 0.003 0.003 0 0.0 0.01
Barium mg/L 26 0.04 0.00 0.15 0 0.0 2
Cadmium mg/L 25 0.00 0.001 0.001 0 0.0 0.005
Calcium mg/L 26 34.44 0.25 49.47 - - -
Chromium mg/L 25 0.0 0.001 0.005 0 0.0 0.1
Copper mg/L 51 0.05 0.01 1.09 0 0.0 1.0,1.3
Iron mg/L 27 0.1 0.1 0.2 0 0.0 0.3
Lead-1st
draw		 mg/L 42 0.00 0.003 0.037 3 7.1 0.015
Lead-Running mg/L 56 0.003 0.003 0.012 0 0.0 0.015
Magnesium mg/L 26 9.00 0.05 16.66 - - -
Manganese mg/L 27 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 25 0.01 0.005 0.008 - - -
Sodium mg/L 0 - - - - - -
Zinc mg/L 25 0.15 0.01 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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111 Ag Analytical Srvcs Lab
University Park, PA 16802
Directions

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