Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

Quint-mar Water Authority

Silver occurs naturally in surface and groundwater and can be added to water as a biocide that inhibits growth of bacteria and algae. Increasingly, the use of antimicrobial nano-sized silver particles in consumer products contributes to silver in water sources used for drinking water.

 

12

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018N/A00N/A
2019ND50ND
2020ND10ND
2021N/A00N/A
20220.185 ppb52ND - 0.511 ppb
2023ND10ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2019-04-17AB34282ND
2019-04-17AB34283ND
2019-04-17AB34284ND
2019-04-17AB34285ND
2019-04-17AB34286ND
2020-07-20AB43469ND
2022-10-18AB63056ND
2022-10-18AB630570.413 ppb
2022-10-18AB630580.511 ppb
2022-10-18AB63059ND
2022-10-18AB63060ND
2023-07-17AB69864ND