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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Silver

Calam - West Placer

NOTE: Calam - West Placer purchases water from City of Roseville which is required to test for silver. Sample information shown below was taken by City of Roseville.

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.

 

9

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014N/A00N/A
2015ND10ND
2016ND30ND
2017ND10ND
2018ND20ND
2019ND30ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: Calam - West Placer purchases water from City of Roseville which is required to test for silver. Sample information shown below was taken by City of Roseville.

Date Lab ID Result
2015-11-125810-002-0937ND
2016-08-255810-015-0926ND
2016-08-255810-017-0808ND
2016-08-255810-019-0850ND
2017-09-145810-002-0802ND
2018-08-235810-008-1056ND
2019-10-025810-002-1008ND
2019-10-105810-019-1140ND
2019-10-285810-017-0840ND