Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

Town of Mount Jackson

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
2019ND10ND
2020ND40ND
2021ND30ND
2022N/A00N/A
2023N/A00N/A

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-06-18E180303224ND
2019-03-11E190100750ND
2020-02-18E191203829ND
2020-02-19E200201871ND
2020-05-13E200300017ND
2020-06-01E200306601ND
2021-02-08E210102024ND
2021-05-18E210402264ND
2021-08-30E210804634ND