Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

Great Salt Bay Sanitary 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.

 

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
20230.520 ppb110.520 ppb

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-03-211803959-01ND
2019-03-181903613-01ND
2020-05-192003738-01ND
2021-05-102101828-01ND
2022-03-292203402-01ND
2023-04-182303334-010.520 ppb