Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

City of Gonzales

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

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-02-08AE12938ND
2019-03-05AE57084ND
2019-03-05AE57085ND
2020-01-21AE94251ND
2021-01-13AF39041ND
2022-03-11AF88852ND
2022-06-22AG01866ND
2023-02-27AG30503ND