Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

Lakewood Water District

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.

 

23

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019ND190ND
2020N/A00N/A
2021ND20ND
2022ND10ND
2023N/A00N/A

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-03-22ND
2019-07-03ND
2019-07-03ND
2019-07-03ND
2019-07-03ND
2019-07-03ND
2019-07-03ND
2019-07-03ND
2019-07-09ND
2019-07-09ND
2019-07-09ND
2019-07-09ND
2019-07-09ND
2019-07-09ND
2019-07-09ND
2019-07-09ND
2019-07-17ND
2019-07-17ND
2019-08-26ND
2019-08-26ND
2021-05-174115246ND
2021-05-194125324ND
2022-12-084397515ND