Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Susquehanna County
1/25/2008 - 6/30/2020, 179 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 |
169 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 67 | 39.6 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
169 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 15 | 8.9 | 0 |
pH | - |
153 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 9.5 | 6 | 3.9 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 153 | 129.0 | 20.0 | 487.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
34 | -0.1 | -6.8 | 0.9 | 14 | 41.2 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 71 | 88.0 | 1.5 | 208.0 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 40 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 87 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 127.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 7 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 187.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1 | 33.3 | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 55 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.006 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 102 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 2.67 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 14 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 68 | 25.89 | 0.50 | 64.36 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 14 | 0.0 | 0.005 | 0.005 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 49 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.68 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 72 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 8 | 11.1 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 10 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.009 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 48 | 0.006 | 0.003 | 0.221 | 3 | 6.3 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 68 | 4.38 | 0.05 | 14.88 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 70 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.52 | 18 | 25.7 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 15 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 14 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.006 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 33 | 7.16 | 0.88 | 61.59 | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 14 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1.37 | 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