Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Sullivan County
7/31/2007 - 4/12/2022, 100 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 |
95 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 38 | 40.0 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
95 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 7 | 7.4 | 0 |
pH | - |
88 | 7.1 | 5.5 | 8.7 | 14 | 15.9 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 87 | 106.0 | 20.0 | 1197.0 | 1 | 1.1 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
27 | -1.5 | -5.2 | 0.9 | 21 | 77.8 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 35 | 63.0 | 0.8 | 163.1 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 11 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 42 | 4.4 | 1.0 | 55.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 5 | 9.1 | 3.3 | 78.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 22 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.010 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 53 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.97 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 15 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 34 | 17.97 | 0.25 | 51.46 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 15 | 0.0 | 0.001 | 0.015 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 42 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 3.04 | 1 | 2.4 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 35 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 11.7 | 5 | 14.3 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 16 | 0.01 | 0.003 | 0.105 | 3 | 18.8 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 37 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.039 | 2 | 5.4 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 34 | 3.04 | 0.05 | 8.41 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 36 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1.81 | 6 | 16.7 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 14 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 15 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.038 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 7 | 4.52 | 0.25 | 16.68 | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 15 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1.41 | 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