Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

City of Mount Vernon

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

Date Lab ID Result
2018-02-21Q1807253001ND
2019-03-04Q1909013002ND
2020-05-19Q2019852001ND
2021-03-29Q2107866002ND
2022-01-18Q2201613002ND
2023-07-11Q2326820005ND