Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

City of Miles

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

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
2023ND10ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

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

Date Lab ID Result
2018-02-28Q1808687009ND
2019-05-07Q1920785005ND
2020-02-18Q2006105004ND
2021-04-27Q2110656004ND
2022-02-14Q2205298002ND
2023-02-15Q2306325002ND