York

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

York County

8/9/2007 - 6/30/2020, 440 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		 426 0.0 0.0 2419.6 211 49.5 0
E.
Coli		 MPN/100
mL		 426 0.0 0.0 200.5 38 8.9 0
pH
-		 404 6.7 4.7 9.8 157 38.9 6.5-8.5
Total
Dissolved
Solids		 mg/L 403 138.0 20.0 721.0 5 1.2 500
Corrosivity
Index*
-		 159 -1.6 -4.5 0.8 124 78.0 -
Hardness mg/L 170 70.7 0.8 434.8 - - -
Nitrate+Nitrite
N		 mg/L 216 4.7 0.2 33.1 21 9.7 10
Chloride mg/L 11 10.5 5.0 36.6 0 0.0 250
Sulfate mg/L 12 12.9 5.7 33.7 0 0.0 250
Aluminum mg/L 10 0.0 0.0 0.1 1 10.0 0.05-0.2
Arsenic mg/L 85 0.00 0.001 0.013 1 1.2 0.01
Barium mg/L 46 0.04 0.00 0.60 0 0.0 2
Cadmium mg/L 26 0.00 0.001 0.002 0 0.0 0.005
Calcium mg/L 159 16.09 0.25 130.83 - - -
Chromium mg/L 26 0.0 0.001 0.005 0 0.0 0.1
Copper mg/L 150 0.06 0.01 4.36 10 6.7 1.0,1.3
Iron mg/L 168 0.1 0.0 25.0 14 8.3 0.3
Lead-1st
draw		 mg/L 66 0.01 0.003 0.095 16 24.2 0.015
Lead-Running mg/L 126 0.003 0.003 0.500 18 14.3 0.015
Magnesium mg/L 104 4.54 0.05 45.59 - - -
Manganese mg/L 153 0.04 0.00 35.28 72 47.1 0.05
Mercury mg/L 87 0.05 0.000 18.442 67 77.0 0.002
Nickel mg/L 29 0.02 0.005 19.578 - - -
Sodium mg/L 47 0.01 0.01 0.30 - - -
Zinc mg/L 62 0.00 0.00 0.38 0 0.0 5

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

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Directions

Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM