Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

Ruth Water District

NOTE: Ruth Water District purchases water from Ely Municipal Water Department which is required to test for silver. Sample information shown below was taken by Ely Municipal Water Department.

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.

 

12

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019ND20ND
2020ND10ND
2021ND30ND
2022ND20ND
2023ND10ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: Ruth Water District purchases water from Ely Municipal Water Department which is required to test for silver. Sample information shown below was taken by Ely Municipal Water Department.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-11-0818110223-002ND
2018-11-0818110223-005ND
2018-11-0818110223-007ND
2019-11-1419110404-002ND
2019-11-1419110404-003ND
2020-09-1020090382-001ND
2021-12-0921120341-001ND
2021-12-0921120341-002ND
2021-12-0921120341-003ND
2022-05-1222050451-002ND
2022-07-0722070169-004ND
2023-05-1023050343-003ND