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Silver

Cass County Public Water Supply District 2

NOTE: Cass County Public Water Supply District 2 purchases water from Kansas City which is required to test for silver. Sample information shown below was taken by Kansas City.

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
2021ND20ND
2022ND10ND
2023ND20ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: Cass County Public Water Supply District 2 purchases water from Kansas City which is required to test for silver. Sample information shown below was taken by Kansas City.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-05-31F07622ND
2019-05-11F52505ND
2020-05-122008615ND
2021-05-0521E0062-02ND
2021-09-102118800ND
2022-05-0422E0059-02ND
2023-05-0323E0050-02ND
2023-08-282315829ND