York

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

York County

8/9/2007 - 7/10/2024, 677 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		 647 0.0 0.0 2419.6 301 46.5 0
E.
Coli		 MPN/100
mL		 647 0.0 0.0 200.5 51 7.9 0
pH
-		 602 6.7 4.7 9.8 252 41.9 6.5-8.5
Total
Dissolved
Solids		 mg/L 602 142.5 20.0 1020.0 8 1.3 500
Corrosivity
Index*
-		 269 -1.9 -5.4 0.8 212 78.8 -
Hardness mg/L 293 68.5 0.8 459.7 - - -
Nitrate+Nitrite
N		 mg/L 335 4.6 0.2 33.1 35 10.4 10
Chloride mg/L 42 11.8 1.5 320.0 1 2.4 250
Sulfate mg/L 46 10.1 1.0 42.4 0 0.0 250
Aluminum mg/L 18 0.0 0.0 0.1 2 11.1 0.05-0.2
Arsenic mg/L 151 0.00 0.001 0.013 1 0.7 0.01
Barium mg/L 96 0.03 0.00 0.72 0 0.0 2
Cadmium mg/L 47 0.00 0.001 0.002 0 0.0 0.005
Calcium mg/L 269 15.28 0.25 135.71 - - -
Chromium mg/L 47 0.0 0.001 0.005 0 0.0 0.1
Copper mg/L 326 0.03 0.01 7.72 3 0.9 1.0,1.3
Iron mg/L 275 0.1 0.1 25.0 25 9.1 0.3
Lead-1st
draw		 mg/L 180 0.00 0.003 0.201 34 18.9 0.015
Lead-Running mg/L 241 0.003 0.003 0.844 12 5.0 0.015
Magnesium mg/L 269 5.71 0.05 45.59 - - -
Manganese mg/L 272 0.01 0.01 3.92 41 15.1 0.05
Mercury mg/L 53 0.00 0.000 0.001 0 0.0 0.002
Nickel mg/L 47 0.01 0.005 0.229 - - -
Sodium mg/L 16 12.54 0.29 133.73 - - -
Zinc mg/L 47 0.02 0.005 0.22 0 0.0 5

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

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Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM