Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

Bingen Water Department

NOTE: Bingen Water Department purchases water from White Salmon City Of which is required to test for silver. Sample information shown below was taken by White Salmon City Of.

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.

 

2

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019N/A00N/A
2020N/A00N/A
2021ND10ND
2022N/A00N/A
2023N/A00N/A

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: Bingen Water Department purchases water from White Salmon City Of which is required to test for silver. Sample information shown below was taken by White Salmon City Of.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-09-04ND
2021-09-084194384ND