Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

Joshua Basin Water 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.

 

15

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND30ND
2019ND20ND
2020ND60ND
2021N/A00N/A
2022N/A00N/A
2023ND40ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-05-10CA3610025_008_008-201805100600ND
2018-11-05CA3610025_009_009-201811050530ND
2018-11-05CA3610025_005_005-201811050500ND
2019-02-11CA3610025_010_010-201902110730ND
2019-02-11CA3610025_011_011-201902110815ND
2020-03-24CA3610025_005_005-202003240500ND
2020-03-24CA3610025_009_009-202003240515ND
2020-11-17CA3610025_009_009-202011170800ND
2020-11-17CA3610025_010_010-202011171000ND
2020-11-17CA3610025_011_011-202011170930ND
2020-11-17CA3610025_005_005-202011170730ND
2023-11-07CA3610025_005_005-202311070631ND
2023-11-07CA3610025_009_009-202311070828ND
2023-11-07CA3610025_010_010-202311070710ND
2023-11-07CA3610025_011_011-202311070928ND