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

Wayne County

9/11/2007 - 7/1/2024, 659 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
621 0.0 0.0 200.5 174 28.0 0
E.
Coli
MPN/100
mL
621 0.0 0.0 200.5 40 6.4 0
pH
-
537 7.5 5.9 10.0 62 11.5 6.5-8.5
Total
Dissolved
Solids
mg/L 529 125.0 20.0 1012.0 5 0.9 500
Corrosivity
Index*

-
195 -0.6 -4.1 1.8 106 54.4 -
Hardness mg/L 231 68.9 0.8 174.7 - - -
Nitrate+Nitrite
N
mg/L 171 0.5 0.2 5.9 0 0.0 10
Chloride mg/L 146 3.5 1.0 114.7 0 0.0 250
Sulfate mg/L 37 8.4 1.8 17.6 0 0.0 250
Aluminum mg/L 16 0.0 0.0 0.3 2 12.5 0.05-0.2
Arsenic mg/L 196 0.00 0.001 0.080 21 10.7 0.01
Barium mg/L 201 0.08 0.00 1.41 0 0.0 2
Cadmium mg/L 62 0.00 0.001 0.028 1 1.6 0.005
Calcium mg/L 218 22.50 0.25 60.48 - - -
Chromium mg/L 62 0.0 0.001 0.006 0 0.0 0.1
Copper mg/L 256 0.02 0.01 6.08 3 1.2 1.0,1.3
Iron mg/L 232 0.1 0.1 28.4 25 10.8 0.3
Lead-1st
draw
mg/L 169 0.00 0.003 0.716 11 6.5 0.015
Lead-Running mg/L 194 0.003 0.003 0.370 4 2.1 0.015
Magnesium mg/L 218 3.04 0.05 25.06 - - -
Manganese mg/L 238 0.01 0.01 11.02 34 14.3 0.05
Mercury mg/L 59 0.00 0.000 0.001 0 0.0 0.002
Nickel mg/L 62 0.01 0.005 0.015 - - -
Sodium mg/L 40 6.93 1.98 77.34 - - -
Zinc mg/L 62 0.01 0.005 18.70 1 1.6 5

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

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