Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

Friona Municipal Water System

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
2018ND10ND
2019ND30ND
2020N/A00N/A
2021ND10ND
2022ND20ND
2023N/A00N/A

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-07-30Q1830046010ND
2019-01-17Q1902751010ND
2019-01-17Q1902751011ND
2019-04-23Q1916176009ND
2021-04-08Q2109054008ND
2022-01-11Q2200809001ND
2022-07-12Q2219520004ND