Pike

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

Pike County

8/29/2007 - 7/1/2024, 418 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		 382 0.0 0.0 200.5 99 25.9 0
E.
Coli		 MPN/100
mL		 382 0.0 0.0 129.8 9 2.4 0
pH
-		 295 7.2 5.0 8.9 55 18.6 6.5-8.5
Total
Dissolved
Solids		 mg/L 292 120.0 20.0 2120.0 2 0.7 500
Corrosivity
Index*
-		 148 -1.2 -4.8 0.8 113 76.4 -
Hardness mg/L 153 66.7 0.8 1461.5 - - -
Nitrate+Nitrite
N		 mg/L 104 0.3 0.2 3.7 0 0.0 10
Chloride mg/L 41 7.2 1.2 1243.2 1 2.4 250
Sulfate mg/L 28 7.5 1.0 143.2 0 0.0 250
Aluminum mg/L 11 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0.0 0.05-0.2
Arsenic mg/L 92 0.00 0.001 0.026 1 1.1 0.01
Barium mg/L 65 0.02 0.00 0.42 0 0.0 2
Cadmium mg/L 24 0.00 0.001 0.002 0 0.0 0.005
Calcium mg/L 147 17.59 0.25 364.42 - - -
Chromium mg/L 24 0.0 0.001 0.005 0 0.0 0.1
Copper mg/L 173 0.03 0.01 4.67 4 2.3 1.0,1.3
Iron mg/L 155 0.1 0.1 27.1 39 25.2 0.3
Lead-1st
draw		 mg/L 143 0.00 0.003 0.305 16 11.2 0.015
Lead-Running mg/L 118 0.003 0.003 0.330 4 3.4 0.015
Magnesium mg/L 147 5.83 0.05 133.93 - - -
Manganese mg/L 159 0.01 0.01 3.83 56 35.2 0.05
Mercury mg/L 24 0.00 0.000 0.001 0 0.0 0.002
Nickel mg/L 24 0.01 0.005 0.240 - - -
Sodium mg/L 15 12.38 5.41 109.80 - - -
Zinc mg/L 24 0.01 0.005 0.59 0 0.0 5

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

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