Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

City of Idalou

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
2019ND30ND
2020N/A00N/A
2021ND10ND
2022ND30ND
2023N/A00N/A

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-03-21Q1811486003ND
2019-01-30Q1904476002ND
2019-04-10Q1914418010ND
2019-09-11Q1963950008ND
2021-06-03Q2114442006ND
2022-02-16Q2205704002ND
2022-02-16Q2205704004ND
2022-04-28Q2212815001ND