Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

Pajaro Community Services District

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.

 

5

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019N/A00N/A
2020N/A00N/A
2021ND10ND
2022ND10ND
20231.20 ppb21ND - 2.40 ppb

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-08-13CA2710020_002_002-201808131300ND
2021-08-09CA2710020_002_002-202108090900ND
2022-08-08CA2710020_002_002-202208080815ND
2023-03-24CA2710020_002_002-2023032412002.40 ppb
2023-03-27CA2710020_DST_802-202303271043ND