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Silver

Cherokee County Rural Water District 9

NOTE: Cherokee County Rural Water District 9 purchases water from Baxter Springs, City of which is required to test for silver. Sample information shown below was taken by Baxter Springs, City of.

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.

 

6

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019ND10ND
2020ND10ND
2021ND10ND
2022ND10ND
2023ND10ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: Cherokee County Rural Water District 9 purchases water from Baxter Springs, City of which is required to test for silver. Sample information shown below was taken by Baxter Springs, City of.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-04-03937601ND
2019-04-081138044ND
2020-04-061350888ND
2021-04-051811606ND
2022-04-112234713ND
2023-04-032474679ND