Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

Town of Ponder

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
2018ND30ND
2019ND10ND
2020N/A00N/A
2021ND30ND
2022ND10ND
2023N/A00N/A

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-03-07Q1809461009ND
2018-03-07Q1809461010ND
2018-03-13Q1810192004ND
2019-04-04Q1913697006ND
2021-06-28Q2116757014ND
2021-06-28Q2116757015ND
2021-06-28Q2116757016ND
2022-06-30Q2218550017ND