Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

Tangipahoa Parish Water District

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.

 

41

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND220ND
2019N/A00N/A
2020ND70ND
2021ND50ND
2022N/A00N/A
2023ND70ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-01-31AE20519ND
2018-01-31AE20516ND
2018-01-31AE20513ND
2018-01-31AE20510ND
2018-01-31AE20510ND
2018-01-31AE20513ND
2018-01-31AE20516ND
2018-01-31AE20519ND
2018-05-07AE21712ND
2018-05-07AE21715ND
2018-05-07AE21715ND
2018-05-07AE21712ND
2018-12-03B1805766-002ND
2018-12-03B1805766-005ND
2018-12-03B1805766-003ND
2018-12-03B1805766-002ND
2018-12-03B1805766-001ND
2018-12-03B1805766-005ND
2018-12-03B1805766-004ND
2018-12-03B1805766-003ND
2018-12-03B1805766-001ND
2018-12-03B1805766-004ND
2020-03-02B2001157-001ND
2020-11-16B2006150-006ND
2020-11-16B2006150-005ND
2020-11-16B2006150-004ND
2020-11-16B2006150-003ND
2020-11-16B2006150-002ND
2020-11-16B2006150-001ND
2021-11-01B2105891-001ND
2021-11-01B2105891-002ND
2021-11-01B2105891-003ND
2021-11-01B2105891-004ND
2021-11-01B2105891-005ND
2023-03-28B2301423-001ND
2023-09-18B2303887-003ND
2023-10-25B2304622-001ND
2023-10-25B2304622-002ND
2023-11-06B2304860-003ND
2023-11-06B2304860-004ND
2023-11-06B2304860-005ND