Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

City of Frost

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

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.

 

12

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND20ND
2019ND20ND
2020ND10ND
2021ND20ND
2022ND20ND
2023ND10ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

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

Date Lab ID Result
2018-01-31Q1803716002ND
2018-01-31Q1803716008ND
2019-01-10Q1901447001ND
2019-01-10Q1901447003ND
2020-01-23Q2002752002ND
2020-01-29Q2003549002ND
2021-01-14Q2101046003ND
2021-01-14Q2101046004ND
2022-04-14Q2211615001ND
2022-04-14Q2211615012ND
2023-02-09Q2305193005ND
2023-02-09Q2305193006ND