CH RAW, FINISHED & DISTRIBUTED TESTING

CAPE HATTERAS WATER PLANT
RAW, FINISHED & DISTRIBUTED TESTING

January 2009

	Anion Well Water Raw	RO Well Water Raw	Finished Water Quality	Distributed Water Quality	MCL
P - Alkalinity as CaCO₃, mg/l	0	0	0	0	N/A
Total Alkalinity CaCO₃, mg/l	320	280	60	62	N/A
Bicarbonate as HCO₃, mg/l	150	300	74	76	N/A
Carbonate as CO₃, mg/l	0	0	0	0	N/A
Hydroxide as OH, mg/l	0	0	0	0	N/A
Total Hardness as CaCO₃, mg/l	260	2,560	40	40	150*
Calcium Hardness as CaCO₃, mg/l	80	60	10	10	N/A
Magnesium as CaCO₃, mg/l	180	2,540	30	30	N/A
Calcium as Ca, mg/l	50	340	30	30	60.0*
Color, C.U. (Color Units)	41	1	0	0	15*
Silica as SiO₂, mg/l	7.990	21.000	0.011	0.010	N/A
Conductivity as µS/cm	718	17,300	494	422	N/A
Iron, Fe mg/l	0.360	0.029	0.010	0.011	0.300*
Potassium K, mg/l	7.86	8.50	1.04	1.03	N/A
Copper, Cu, mg/l	< 0.070	< 0.070	< 0.070	< 0.070	1.300^
Manganese, Mn mg/l	0.028	0.168	0.009	0.003	0.050*
Phosphate as PO₄, mg/l	0.22	0.23	1.45	1.65	5.00*
Chloride as Cl₂, mg/l	65	5,220	100	100	250.0*
Fluoride, F, mg/l	0.32	0.28	1.00	0.99	2.00* 4.00^
Nitrate as NO₃, mg/l	0	0	0	0	10.00^
Zinc, Zn, mg/l	0.811	0.122	0.110	0.110	5.000*
Chlorine (free CL₂), mg/l	0.00	0.00	0.95	0.68	0.20@ 4.00^
Lead as Pb, mg/l	< 0.005	< 0.005	< 0.005	< 0.005	0.015^
Corrosiveness	0.22	0.35	1.39	1.14	N/A
pH	7.20	7.20	7.16	7.24	6.5-8.5#
pHs	7.42	7.48	8.55	8.32	N/A
Turbidity, NTU	0.11	0.23	0.10	0.10	1.0^
Total Suspended Solids, mg/l	-----	-----	-----	-----	N/A
Total Dissolved Solids, mg/l	447	10,240	491	244	500.00*
Sulfate as SO₄, mg/l	0.64	200.00	2.10	1.10	250.0*
Sodium as Na, mg/l (est.)	182	3,120	62	51	250.00^
Sulfide as S, mg/l	0	0	0	0	N/A

MCL - Maximum Contaminant Level mg/L = parts per million (ppm) N/A - Not Available; No Limit

* Recommended Maximum @ Mandatory Minimum ^ Mandatory Maximum # Mandatory Range

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