Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

Kern Valley State Prison

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.

 

10

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
2019ND20ND
2020ND20ND
2021N/A00N/A
2022ND40ND
2023ND20ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2019-02-12CA1510802_002_002-201902121030ND
2019-02-12CA1510802_001_001-201902121030ND
2020-04-08CA1510802_001_001-202004081230ND
2020-04-08CA1510802_002_002-202004081200ND
2022-02-08CA1510802_002_002-202202081200ND
2022-02-08CA1510802_001_001-202202081200ND
2022-11-01CA1510802_002_002-202211010800ND
2022-11-01CA1510802_001_001-202211010900ND
2023-11-14CA1510802_001_001-202311141130ND
2023-11-14CA1510802_002_002-202311141100ND