Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Susquehanna County
1/25/2008 - 6/27/2023, 317 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 |
296 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 119 | 40.2 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
296 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 25 | 8.4 | 0 |
pH | - |
229 | 7.6 | 5.9 | 9.5 | 16 | 7.0 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 227 | 138.0 | 20.0 | 487.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
64 | -0.4 | -10.2 | 0.9 | 34 | 53.1 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 103 | 92.9 | 0.8 | 277.1 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 101 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 5.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 116 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 127.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 16 | 10.7 | 4.0 | 187.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1 | 12.5 | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 110 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.015 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 139 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 2.67 | 1 | 0.7 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 23 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 97 | 26.23 | 0.25 | 69.19 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 23 | 0.0 | 0.005 | 0.005 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 89 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.68 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 107 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 17.7 | 14 | 13.1 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 69 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.029 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 75 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.221 | 5 | 6.7 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 97 | 5.05 | 0.05 | 25.60 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 105 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1.68 | 24 | 22.9 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 25 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 23 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.007 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 73 | 6.98 | 0.88 | 189.52 | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 23 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 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 - 4:00 PM
- Email aaslab@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-0841
- Fax 814-863-4540