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Silver

Tryon Road Special Utility District

NOTE: Tryon Road Special Utility District purchases water from Northeast Texas Municipal Water District which is required to test for silver. Sample information shown below was taken by Northeast Texas Municipal Water District.

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
2020ND20ND
2021ND10ND
2022ND10ND
2023ND20ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: Tryon Road Special Utility District purchases water from Northeast Texas Municipal Water District which is required to test for silver. Sample information shown below was taken by Northeast Texas Municipal Water District.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-05-23Q1820769002ND
2019-02-25Q1907904001ND
2020-02-26Q2007390002ND
2021-02-09Q2103854005ND
2022-03-01Q2206887002ND
2023-01-18Q2302651005ND