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Silver

Cherokee, City of

NOTE: Cherokee, City of purchases water from Public Wholesale Water Supply District 11 which is required to test for silver. Sample information shown below was taken by Public Wholesale Water Supply District 11.

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, City of purchases water from Public Wholesale Water Supply District 11 which is required to test for silver. Sample information shown below was taken by Public Wholesale Water Supply District 11.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-03-19938585ND
2019-04-081139911ND
2020-04-061350374ND
2021-04-141818288ND
2022-04-052231410ND
2023-04-112481573ND