Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Pike County
8/29/2007 - 6/7/2021, 170 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 |
151 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 44 | 29.1 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
151 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 59.1 | 6 | 4.0 | 0 |
pH | - |
139 | 7.5 | 5.5 | 8.9 | 19 | 13.7 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 136 | 104.0 | 20.0 | 415.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
56 | -1.0 | -3.7 | 0.8 | 38 | 67.9 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 58 | 58.0 | 0.8 | 257.6 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 26 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 22 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 72.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 7 | 8.8 | 5.9 | 12.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 29 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.004 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 45 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.42 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 20 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 56 | 14.69 | 0.25 | 71.46 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 20 | 0.0 | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 76 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 2.13 | 1 | 1.3 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 60 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 9.7 | 17 | 28.3 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 44 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.213 | 6 | 13.6 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 52 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.010 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 56 | 4.74 | 0.05 | 19.23 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 62 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 3.83 | 17 | 27.4 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 22 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 20 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.240 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 20 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.59 | 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