Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

Lovelock Meadows 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.

 

6

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019ND20ND
2020N/A00N/A
2021ND10ND
2022ND20ND
2023N/A00N/A

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-07-30EN2018-00003723ND
2019-02-25EN2019-00000705ND
2019-03-04EN2019-00000807ND
2021-03-01EN2021-00012246ND
2022-03-01EN2022-00001859ND
2022-04-04EN2022-00001425ND