Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

Salinas 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.

 

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

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2019-05-07CA2710851_002_002-201905070842ND
2020-02-11CA2710851_004_004-202002110950ND
2022-05-03CA2710851_002_002-202205030910ND
2023-02-15CA2710851_004_004-202302151015ND