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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Silver

City of Lampasas

NOTE: City of Lampasas purchases water from Kempner WSC which is required to test for silver. Sample information shown below was taken by Kempner WSC.

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.

 

7

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND10ND
2015ND10ND
2016ND10ND
2017ND10ND
2018ND10ND
2019ND20ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: City of Lampasas purchases water from Kempner WSC which is required to test for silver. Sample information shown below was taken by Kempner WSC.

Date Lab ID Result
2014-01-27AC40123ND
2015-08-20AD04765ND
2016-01-14AD18140ND
2017-01-30AD67450ND
2018-03-01AE16256ND
2019-02-06AE53085ND
2019-07-01AE72739ND