Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Silver

City of Moses Lake

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.

 

18

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND90ND
2019ND40ND
2020N/A00N/A
2021N/A00N/A
2022ND50ND
2023N/A00N/A

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-03-28ND
2018-03-28ND
2018-03-28ND
2018-05-15ND
2018-07-05ND
2018-07-05ND
2018-07-09ND
2018-08-13ND
2018-09-11ND
2019-03-26ND
2019-07-02ND
2019-07-02ND
2019-07-02ND
2022-03-224261448ND
2022-03-224261446ND
2022-03-224261444ND
2022-03-224261482ND
2022-03-224261480ND