Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

Orange Hill - Sugar Creek

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
2018ND20ND
2019N/A00N/A
2020N/A00N/A
202112.5 ppb21ND - 25.0 ppb
2022N/A00N/A
2023N/A00N/A

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Result
2018-02-22ND
2018-02-22ND
2021-06-2925.0 ppb
2021-06-29ND