Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

City of Joaquin

NOTE: City of Joaquin purchases water from Logansport Water System which is required to test for silver. Sample information shown below was taken by Logansport 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.

 

9

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

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

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: City of Joaquin purchases water from Logansport Water System which is required to test for silver. Sample information shown below was taken by Logansport Water System.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-01-2335370034001ND
2018-01-2335370034001ND
2019-03-1335454724001ND
2019-03-1335454724001ND
2020-02-03B2000558-001ND
2021-01-13B2100147-001ND
2022-02-22B2200829-001ND
2023-02-07B2300549-001ND
2023-08-21B2303430-001ND