Summary of Drinking Water Samples Tested by the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory
Wayne County
9/11/2007 - 6/29/2020, 443 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 |
421 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 122 | 29.0 | 0 |
E. Coli |
MPN/100 mL |
421 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.5 | 29 | 6.9 | 0 |
pH | - |
403 | 7.6 | 5.9 | 10.0 | 39 | 9.7 | 6.5-8.5 |
Total Dissolved Solids |
mg/L | 396 | 124.0 | 20.0 | 1012.0 | 5 | 1.3 | 500 |
Corrosivity Index* |
- |
131 | -0.4 | -3.5 | 1.8 | 67 | 51.1 | - |
Hardness | mg/L | 165 | 68.9 | 0.8 | 174.7 | - | - | - |
Nitrate+Nitrite N |
mg/L | 91 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 5.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 |
Chloride | mg/L | 131 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 114.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Sulfate | mg/L | 18 | 8.3 | 5.0 | 14.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 |
Aluminum | mg/L | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.05-0.2 |
Arsenic | mg/L | 101 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.080 | 15 | 14.9 | 0.01 |
Barium | mg/L | 170 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 1.41 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Cadmium | mg/L | 45 | 0.00 | 0.001 | 0.028 | 1 | 2.2 | 0.005 |
Calcium | mg/L | 155 | 23.23 | 0.25 | 60.48 | - | - | - |
Chromium | mg/L | 45 | 0.0 | 0.001 | 0.006 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Copper | mg/L | 173 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 6.08 | 3 | 1.7 | 1.0,1.3 |
Iron | mg/L | 167 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 28.4 | 19 | 11.4 | 0.3 |
Lead-1st draw |
mg/L | 78 | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.716 | 10 | 12.8 | 0.015 |
Lead-Running | mg/L | 134 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.370 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.015 |
Magnesium | mg/L | 155 | 2.98 | 0.05 | 20.72 | - | - | - |
Manganese | mg/L | 169 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 11.02 | 25 | 14.8 | 0.05 |
Mercury | mg/L | 48 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.002 |
Nickel | mg/L | 45 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.010 | - | - | - |
Sodium | mg/L | 30 | 6.40 | 1.98 | 77.34 | - | - | - |
Zinc | mg/L | 45 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 18.70 | 1 | 2.2 | 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