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Silver

Dean Dale Special Utility District

NOTE: Dean Dale Special Utility District purchases water from City of Wichita Falls which is required to test for silver. Sample information shown below was taken by City of Wichita Falls.

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
2018ND20ND
2019ND10ND
2020ND20ND
2021ND20ND
2022ND10ND
2023ND20ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: Dean Dale Special Utility District purchases water from City of Wichita Falls which is required to test for silver. Sample information shown below was taken by City of Wichita Falls.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-08-21Q1833473003ND
2018-11-14Q1846491004ND
2019-05-14Q1925075003ND
2019-08-19Q1956634003ND
2020-02-25Q2006937001ND
2020-11-10Q2044047012ND
2021-02-03Q2103346006ND
2021-08-16Q2121825005ND
2022-08-17Q2224340021ND
2022-08-17Q2224340022ND
2023-08-21Q2335127012ND
2023-08-21Q2335127013ND