Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

Brunswick / Topsham 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.

 

7

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

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2020-05-042005-00167-003ND
2020-05-042005-00164-003ND
2020-05-042005-00161-003ND
2021-04-072104-00895-001ND
2023-05-022305-00382-002ND
2023-05-022305-00379-002ND
2023-06-202306-04105-002ND