Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

City of Troy

NOTE: City of Troy purchases water from City of Temple which is required to test for silver. Sample information shown below was taken by City of Temple.

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
2023ND10ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: City of Troy purchases water from City of Temple which is required to test for silver. Sample information shown below was taken by City of Temple.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-02-02AE12029ND
2019-01-18AE50546ND
2020-03-16AF02742ND
2021-01-12AF38647ND
2022-02-01AF82784ND
2023-01-04AG23231ND