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Silver

City of Oyster Creek

NOTE: City of Oyster Creek purchases water from Brazosport Water Authority which is required to test for silver. Sample information shown below was taken by Brazosport Water Authority.

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 Oyster Creek purchases water from Brazosport Water Authority which is required to test for silver. Sample information shown below was taken by Brazosport Water Authority.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-01-22AE09438ND
2019-01-10AE49304ND
2020-03-17AF03215ND
2021-01-21AF40256ND
2022-01-24AF81210ND
2023-05-15AG40414ND