Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station

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
2019N/A00N/A
2020ND40ND
2021ND10ND
2022ND10ND
2023ND60ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2020-09-16CA1510703_004_004-202009160845ND
2020-09-16CA1510703_013_013-202009160900ND
2020-09-16CA1510703_002_002-202009160820ND
2020-09-16CA1510703_017_017-202009161000ND
2021-06-15CA1510703_015_015-202106150945ND
2022-06-28CA1510703_043_043-202206280900ND
2023-11-07CA1510703_002_002-202311070901ND
2023-11-07CA1510703_004_004-202311070717ND
2023-11-07CA1510703_013_013-202311070824ND
2023-11-07CA1510703_017_017-202311070732ND
2023-11-07CA1510703_043_043-202311070917ND
2023-11-07CA1510703_015_015-202311070807ND