Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District 3

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.

 

4

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018N/A00N/A
2019ND10ND
2020ND10ND
2021N/A00N/A
2022ND10ND
2023ND10ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2019-07-09AE73592ND
2020-07-28AF20833ND
2022-03-23AF90173ND
2023-06-07AG43437ND