Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

Osawatomie, 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.

 

8

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
2023ND30ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-05-22974341ND
2019-05-211157707ND
2020-05-041367243ND
2021-05-101835584ND
2022-05-122256513ND
2023-05-042492621ND
2023-11-092608412ND
2023-11-092608413ND