Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

Greeneville Water & Light Comm.

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
2020N/A00N/A
2021ND10ND
2022ND20ND
2023ND30ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Result
2018-01-03ND
2019-01-03ND
2021-01-06ND
2022-01-05ND
2022-01-05ND
2023-01-04ND
2023-01-04ND
2023-01-04ND