Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

Eglin West/housing

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.

 

21

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND20ND
2019N/A00N/A
2020ND100ND
2021N/A00N/A
2022N/A00N/A
2023ND90ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Result
2018-03-14ND
2018-03-14ND
2020-05-07ND
2020-05-07ND
2020-05-07ND
2020-05-07ND
2020-05-07ND
2020-05-07ND
2020-05-07ND
2020-05-07ND
2020-05-07ND
2020-05-07ND
2023-04-18ND
2023-05-23ND
2023-05-23ND
2023-06-20ND
2023-06-20ND
2023-06-27ND
2023-06-27ND
2023-08-15ND
2023-08-15ND