Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Schuylkill County
9/20/2007 - 5/23/2022, 103 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 |
98 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 46 | 46.9 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
98 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 17 | 17.3 | 0 |
pH | - |
84 | 7.3 | 5.4 | 9.2 | 17 | 20.2 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 84 | 107.5 | 20.0 | 512.0 | 1 | 1.2 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
35 | -1.1 | -3.2 | 0.4 | 26 | 74.3 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 37 | 65.3 | 1.7 | 211.9 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 26 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 40.5 | 1 | 3.8 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 2 | 36.0 | 27.7 | 44.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 5 | 7.7 | 4.0 | 24.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2 | 50.0 | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 17 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.024 | 3 | 17.6 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 12 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.31 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 10 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 34 | 15.41 | 0.50 | 63.67 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 10 | 0.0 | 0.005 | 0.005 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 41 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1.26 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 35 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.4 | 3 | 8.6 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 16 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.046 | 3 | 18.8 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 26 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.175 | 1 | 3.8 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 29 | 4.50 | 0.10 | 10.30 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 36 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 12.86 | 13 | 36.1 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 14 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 1.065 | 5 | 35.7 | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 10 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.007 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 5 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.57 | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 12 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.39 | 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