Schuylkill

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

Schuylkill County

9/20/2007 - 4/27/2018, 67 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		 64 3.1 0.0 200.5 38 59.4 0
E.
Coli		 MPN/100
mL		 64 0.0 0.0 200.5 15 23.4 0
pH
-		 50 7.4 5.4 8.6 10 20.0 6.5-8.5
Total
Dissolved
Solids		 mg/L 50 107.5 33.0 253.0 0 0.0 500
Corrosivity
Index*
-		 18 -0.9 -3.2 0.4 11 61.1 -
Hardness mg/L 19 65.7 1.7 134.6 - - -
Nitrate+Nitrite
N		 mg/L 17 2.4 0.2 40.5 1 5.9 10
Chloride mg/L 0 - - - - - 250
Sulfate mg/L 2 14.5 4.0 24.9 0 0.0 250
Aluminum mg/L 2 0.1 0.0 0.3 1 50.0 0.05-0.2
Arsenic mg/L 12 0.00 0.001 0.024 3 25.0 0.01
Barium mg/L 9 0.03 0.01 0.12 0 0.0 2
Cadmium mg/L 9 0.00 0.001 0.002 0 0.0 0.005
Calcium mg/L 18 15.62 0.50 47.67 - - -
Chromium mg/L 9 0.0 0.005 0.005 0 0.0 0.1
Copper mg/L 27 0.01 0.01 1.26 0 0.0 1.0,1.3
Iron mg/L 20 0.1 0.0 0.7 2 10.0 0.3
Lead-1st
draw		 mg/L 6 0.01 0.003 0.031 2 33.3 0.015
Lead-Running mg/L 14 0.005 0.003 0.175 1 7.1 0.015
Magnesium mg/L 17 4.24 0.10 10.30 - - -
Manganese mg/L 20 0.01 0.01 6.56 6 30.0 0.05
Mercury mg/L 9 0.00 0.000 0.050 1 11.1 0.002
Nickel mg/L 9 0.01 0.005 0.007 - - -
Sodium mg/L 1 0.09 0.09 0.09 - - -
Zinc mg/L 11 0.01 0.00 0.39 0 0.0 5

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

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