Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

John Latoracca Correctional Facility

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.

 

4

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
2020ND10ND
2021ND10ND
2022ND10ND
2023ND10ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2020-12-16CA2400172_002_002-202012161245ND
2021-09-30CA2400172_005_005-202109300700ND
2022-12-27CA2400172_002_002-202212271220ND
2023-03-22CA2400172_002_002-202303221300ND