Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

Village of Parks Water System

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
2018N/A00N/A
2019ND20ND
2020ND20ND
2021N/A00N/A
2022ND10ND
2023ND30ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2019-04-30B1901725-001ND
2019-04-30B1901725-001ND
2020-08-03B2003944-001ND
2020-08-03B2003944-002ND
2022-06-13B2202744-001ND
2023-03-13B2301043-001ND
2023-04-10B2301567-001ND
2023-04-10B2301567-002ND