Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

Pixley Public Utility 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.

 

7

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
2020ND20ND
2021ND10ND
2022ND10ND
2023ND20ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-05-03CA5410009_011_011-201805030915ND
2020-07-23CA5410009_006_006-202007231116ND
2020-07-23CA5410009_004_004-202007231045ND
2021-10-22CA5410009_011_011-202110221054ND
2022-08-08CA5410009_013_013-202208081140ND
2023-08-28CA5410009_004_004-202308281203ND
2023-08-28CA5410009_006_006-202308281147ND