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Silver

Brown County Rural Water District 2

NOTE: Brown County Rural Water District 2 purchases water from Public Wholesale WSD 27 which is required to test for silver. Sample information shown below was taken by Public Wholesale WSD 27.

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.

 

2

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
2020N/A00N/A
2021ND10ND
2022N/A00N/A
2023ND30ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: Brown County Rural Water District 2 purchases water from Public Wholesale WSD 27 which is required to test for silver. Sample information shown below was taken by Public Wholesale WSD 27.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-08-061021625ND
2021-08-011900302ND