Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer

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.

 

8

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND40ND
2019N/A00N/A
2020N/A00N/A
2021ND10ND
2022ND30ND
2023N/A00N/A

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-08-15ND
2018-08-15ND
2018-08-15ND
2018-08-15ND
2021-08-044159361ND
2022-07-064333080ND
2022-07-064338517ND
2022-07-274364201ND