Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

City of Toyah

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
2020ND10ND
2021ND10ND
2022ND10ND
20231.60 ppb111.60 ppb

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-01-25Q1803183003ND
2019-05-02Q1918340010ND
2020-06-04Q2022390003ND
2021-03-15Q2106894003ND
2022-02-07Q2204390002ND
2023-02-06Q23043690061.60 ppb