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This is a rebuild of Drinking Water Watch and not yet the official record. Use the agency’s current Drinking Water Watch for anything you need to rely on.

Chemical and radiological sample results

MS0460003 , City of Columbia

38 of the 73 analytes this system has been tested for have been detected at least once, across 396 samples on record.

The other 35 were tested for and never found. An analyte is counted here if any result on record measured it, so this covers the whole history and not the samples listed below.

Across all 396 samples on record, detections range from October 8, 2003 to March 27, 2025. These figures cover the whole record.

What counts as a non-detect is defined in the help: Less than Indicator. This system’s violations.

What has been detected, ever

Every analyte measured above its reporting level at any point in this system’s record, most often detected first. This is not limited to the samples listed below.

Every analyte ever detected for City of Columbia, with how many results found it and when it was first and last detected. Covers the whole record, not only the samples listed below.
Analyte Kind Detected in First detected Last detected
Copper, Free 1022 Inorganic Chemical 300 of 301 results Jun 15, 2004 Aug 17, 2024
Lead 1030 Inorganic Chemical 116 of 301 results Sep 6, 2007 Aug 17, 2024
Nitrate-Nitrite 1038 Inorganic Chemical 21 of 22 results Jun 7, 2004 Mar 27, 2025
Nitrate 1040 Inorganic Chemical 21 of 22 results Jun 7, 2004 Mar 27, 2025
Barium 1010 Inorganic Chemical 9 of 9 results Oct 8, 2003 Mar 27, 2025
Fluoride 1025 Inorganic Chemical 8 of 10 results Oct 8, 2003 Apr 16, 2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (Haa5) 2456 Organic Chemical 6 of 20 results Aug 21, 2007 May 9, 2023
TTHM 2950 Organic Chemical 5 of 20 results Jul 14, 2004 Sep 9, 2019
Gross Alpha, Incl. Radon & U 4002 Radionuclide 5 of 5 results Mar 15, 2012 Oct 12, 2012
Chromium 1020 Inorganic Chemical 4 of 9 results Jul 11, 2012 Mar 27, 2025
Nickel 1036 Inorganic Chemical 3 of 9 results Mar 8, 2004 Mar 27, 2025
Sodium 1052 Inorganic Chemical 3 of 3 results Jun 16, 2017 Feb 26, 2025
Chloroform 2941 Organic Chemical 3 of 15 results Aug 21, 2007 Sep 9, 2019
Monobromoacetic Acid 2453 Organic Chemical 2 of 14 results Sep 18, 2019 Sep 30, 2020
Bromodichloromethane 2943 Organic Chemical 2 of 15 results Aug 21, 2007 Dec 19, 2016
Dibromochloromethane 2944 Organic Chemical 2 of 15 results Aug 21, 2007 Dec 19, 2016
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon & U 4000 Radionuclide 2 of 2 results Sep 16, 2009 Mar 15, 2010
Combined Radium (-226 & -228) 4010 Radionuclide 2 of 7 results Sep 16, 2009 Mar 15, 2010
Radium-226 4020 Radionuclide 2 of 7 results Sep 16, 2009 Mar 15, 2010
Gross Beta Particle Activity 4100 Radionuclide 2 of 2 results Sep 16, 2009 Mar 15, 2010
Gross Alpha Particle Activity 4109 Radionuclide 2 of 2 results Sep 16, 2009 Mar 15, 2010
Monochloroacetic Acid 2450 Organic Chemical 1 of 14 results Sep 18, 2019 Sep 18, 2019
Dichloroacetic Acid 2451 Organic Chemical 1 of 14 results Sep 18, 2019 Sep 18, 2019
Calcium 1016 Inorganic Chemical 1 of 1 result Jun 16, 2017 Jun 16, 2017
Chloride 1017 Inorganic Chemical 1 of 1 result Jun 16, 2017 Jun 16, 2017
Iron 1028 Inorganic Chemical 1 of 1 result Jun 16, 2017 Jun 16, 2017
Magnesium 1031 Inorganic Chemical 1 of 1 result Jun 16, 2017 Jun 16, 2017
Manganese 1032 Inorganic Chemical 1 of 1 result Jun 16, 2017 Jun 16, 2017
Potassium 1042 Inorganic Chemical 1 of 1 result Jun 16, 2017 Jun 16, 2017
Residue, Total, Filterable 1057 Water Quality 1 of 1 result Jun 16, 2017 Jun 16, 2017
Carbon Dioxide 1901 Water Quality 1 of 1 result Jun 16, 2017 Jun 16, 2017
Color 1905 Water Quality 1 of 1 result Jun 16, 2017 Jun 16, 2017
Hardness, Total (As Caco3) 1915 Water Quality 1 of 1 result Jun 16, 2017 Jun 16, 2017
Alkalinity, Total 1927 Water Quality 1 of 1 result Jun 16, 2017 Jun 16, 2017
Calculated Sodium NACA Water Quality 1 of 1 result Jun 16, 2017 Jun 16, 2017
PH, Field Result PHFD Water Quality 1 of 1 result Jun 16, 2017 Jun 16, 2017
Selenium 1045 Inorganic Chemical 1 of 9 results Jan 13, 2010 Jan 13, 2010
Radium-228 4030 Radionuclide 1 of 7 results Sep 16, 2009 Sep 16, 2009

No date range is applied: this list draws on every sample on record. Show the last two years only.

The most recent samples, result by result

The table below lists 121–130 of 396 samples, newest first — collected June 23, 2016 to June 16, 2017. The summary above covers all 396.

42 results from the 10 samples listed here: 30 detected, 12 not detected. Across the whole record it is 537 of 1,154. A sample is analysed for many analytes at once, so one sample appears on as many rows as it had results.

Chemical and radiological sample results for City of Columbia, every result from 121 to 130 of 396 samples shown, newest first. Not detected means the amount was below the level the laboratory can reliably report, which is given beside it.
Result Analyte Monitoring period
Collected
Jun 16, 2017 10:15
Sampling point
DS000 Distribution
Sample type
Routine
Lab sample
170619-001PC
Laboratory
MSDH Lab
8.4597 mg/l The agency recorded which kind of limit this result was below, but stored 0.000000000 as the limit itself, which is not a level. The type is published and the value is null. What the limit was is not on record. Whether the result was a detection is a separate column: read resultType. , sample collected Jun 16, 2017 10:15, sampling point DS000 Calcium 1016 EPA method 200.8 Not recorded
4.205 mg/l The agency recorded which kind of limit this result was below, but stored 0.000000000 as the limit itself, which is not a level. The type is published and the value is null. What the limit was is not on record. Whether the result was a detection is a separate column: read resultType. , sample collected Jun 16, 2017 10:15, sampling point DS000 Chloride 1017 EPA method 300.0 Not recorded
1.734 mg/l The agency recorded which kind of limit this result was below, but stored 0.000000000 as the limit itself, which is not a level. The type is published and the value is null. What the limit was is not on record. Whether the result was a detection is a separate column: read resultType. , sample collected Jun 16, 2017 10:15, sampling point DS000 Fluoride 1025 EPA method 380-75WE Not recorded
0.0434 mg/l The agency recorded which kind of limit this result was below, but stored 0.000000000 as the limit itself, which is not a level. The type is published and the value is null. What the limit was is not on record. Whether the result was a detection is a separate column: read resultType. , sample collected Jun 16, 2017 10:15, sampling point DS000 Iron 1028 EPA method 200.8 Not recorded
0.7446 mg/l The agency recorded which kind of limit this result was below, but stored 0.000000000 as the limit itself, which is not a level. The type is published and the value is null. What the limit was is not on record. Whether the result was a detection is a separate column: read resultType. , sample collected Jun 16, 2017 10:15, sampling point DS000 Magnesium 1031 EPA method 200.8 Not recorded
0.0005 mg/l The agency recorded which kind of limit this result was below, but stored 0.000000000 as the limit itself, which is not a level. The type is published and the value is null. What the limit was is not on record. Whether the result was a detection is a separate column: read resultType. , sample collected Jun 16, 2017 10:15, sampling point DS000 Manganese 1032 EPA method 200.8 Not recorded
1.1566 mg/l The agency recorded which kind of limit this result was below, but stored 0.000000000 as the limit itself, which is not a level. The type is published and the value is null. What the limit was is not on record. Whether the result was a detection is a separate column: read resultType. , sample collected Jun 16, 2017 10:15, sampling point DS000 Potassium 1042 EPA method 200.8 Not recorded
4.4801 mg/l The agency recorded which kind of limit this result was below, but stored 0.000000000 as the limit itself, which is not a level. The type is published and the value is null. What the limit was is not on record. Whether the result was a detection is a separate column: read resultType. , sample collected Jun 16, 2017 10:15, sampling point DS000 Sodium 1052 EPA method 200.8 Not recorded
Not detected below 2 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Jun 16, 2017 10:15, sampling point DS000 Sulfate 1055 EPA method 300.0 Not recorded
39 mg/l The agency recorded which kind of limit this result was below, but stored 0.000000000 as the limit itself, which is not a level. The type is published and the value is null. What the limit was is not on record. Whether the result was a detection is a separate column: read resultType. , sample collected Jun 16, 2017 10:15, sampling point DS000 Residue, Total, Filterable 1057 EPA method CALCUL LAB Not recorded
0 mg/l This result is recorded as a detection, and the figure the agency wrote — "0" — is zero to the precision it was written to. Read the zero as "smaller than the written figure resolves", not as "none present". SDWIS holds a separate numeric concentration that Drinking Water Watch does not publish, so this endpoint does not carry it either; no more precise magnitude is available here. The agency recorded which kind of limit this result was below, but stored 0.000000000 as the limit itself, which is not a level. The type is published and the value is null. What the limit was is not on record. Whether the result was a detection is a separate column: read resultType. , sample collected Jun 16, 2017 10:15, sampling point DS000 Carbon Dioxide 1901 EPA method CALCUL LAB Not recorded
5 units The agency recorded which kind of limit this result was below, but stored 0.000000000 as the limit itself, which is not a level. The type is published and the value is null. What the limit was is not on record. Whether the result was a detection is a separate column: read resultType. , sample collected Jun 16, 2017 10:15, sampling point DS000 Color 1905 EPA method 2120B Not recorded
24.1 mg/l The agency recorded which kind of limit this result was below, but stored 0.000000000 as the limit itself, which is not a level. The type is published and the value is null. What the limit was is not on record. Whether the result was a detection is a separate column: read resultType. , sample collected Jun 16, 2017 10:15, sampling point DS000 Hardness, Total (As Caco3) 1915 EPA method CALCUL LAB Not recorded
26.67 mg/l The agency recorded which kind of limit this result was below, but stored 0.000000000 as the limit itself, which is not a level. The type is published and the value is null. What the limit was is not on record. Whether the result was a detection is a separate column: read resultType. , sample collected Jun 16, 2017 10:15, sampling point DS000 Alkalinity, Total 1927 EPA method 2320B Not recorded
6.2 mg/l The agency recorded which kind of limit this result was below, but stored 0.000000000 as the limit itself, which is not a level. The type is published and the value is null. What the limit was is not on record. Whether the result was a detection is a separate column: read resultType. , sample collected Jun 16, 2017 10:15, sampling point DS000 Calculated Sodium NACA EPA method CALCUL LAB Not recorded
8.3 ph The agency recorded which kind of limit this result was below, but stored 0.000000000 as the limit itself, which is not a level. The type is published and the value is null. What the limit was is not on record. Whether the result was a detection is a separate column: read resultType. , sample collected Jun 16, 2017 10:15, sampling point DS000 PH, Field Result PHFD EPA method 3500AL-D Not recorded
Collected
Mar 22, 2017 10:33
Sampling point
TF080 Treatment Plant T080
Sample type
Routine
Lab sample
170323-020NI
Laboratory
MSDH Lab
0.24 mg/l , sample collected Mar 22, 2017 10:33, sampling point TF080 Nitrate-Nitrite 1038 EPA method QC10107041C Jan 1, 2017 – Dec 31, 2017
0.24 mg/l , sample collected Mar 22, 2017 10:33, sampling point TF080 Nitrate 1040 EPA method QC10107041C Jan 1, 2017 – Dec 31, 2017
Not detected below 0.02 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Mar 22, 2017 10:33, sampling point TF080 Nitrite 1041 EPA method QC10107041C Jan 1, 2017 – Dec 31, 2017
Collected
Dec 19, 2016 02:00
Sampling point
MRT000 Max. Res. Time
Sample type
Routine
Lab sample
161220-001TH
Laboratory
MSDH Lab
2.73 ug/l , sample collected Dec 19, 2016 02:00, sampling point MRT000 Chloroform 2941 EPA method 524.2 Not recorded
Not detected below 1 ug/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Dec 19, 2016 02:00, sampling point MRT000 Bromoform 2942 EPA method 524.2 Not recorded
1.73 ug/l , sample collected Dec 19, 2016 02:00, sampling point MRT000 Bromodichloromethane 2943 EPA method 524.2 Not recorded
1.01 ug/l , sample collected Dec 19, 2016 02:00, sampling point MRT000 Dibromochloromethane 2944 EPA method 524.2 Not recorded
5.47 ug/l , sample collected Dec 19, 2016 02:00, sampling point MRT000 TTHM 2950 Jan 1, 2014 – Dec 31, 2016
Collected
Dec 19, 2016 02:00
Sampling point
MRT000 Max. Res. Time
Sample type
Routine
Lab sample
161220-001HA
Laboratory
MSDH Lab
Not detected below 0.002 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Dec 19, 2016 02:00, sampling point MRT000 Monochloroacetic Acid 2450 EPA method 552.2 Not recorded
Not detected below 0.001 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Dec 19, 2016 02:00, sampling point MRT000 Dichloroacetic Acid 2451 EPA method 552.2 Not recorded
Not detected below 0.001 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Dec 19, 2016 02:00, sampling point MRT000 Trichloroacetic Acid 2452 EPA method 552.2 Not recorded
Not detected below 0.001 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Dec 19, 2016 02:00, sampling point MRT000 Monobromoacetic Acid 2453 EPA method 552.2 Not recorded
Not detected below 0.001 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Dec 19, 2016 02:00, sampling point MRT000 Dibromoacetic Acid 2454 EPA method 552.2 Not recorded
Not detected below 0.006 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Dec 19, 2016 02:00, sampling point MRT000 Total Haloacetic Acids (Haa5) 2456 Jan 1, 2014 – Dec 31, 2016
Collected
Jun 23, 2016 07:35
Sampling point
DS000 Distribution
Sample type
Routine
Lab sample
160624-025PB
Laboratory
MSDH Lab
0.0057 mg/l , sample collected Jun 23, 2016 07:35, sampling point DS000 Copper, Free 1022 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2016 – Dec 31, 2016
Not detected below 0.0005 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Jun 23, 2016 07:35, sampling point DS000 Lead 1030 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2016 – Dec 31, 2016
Collected
Jun 23, 2016
Sampling point
DS000 Distribution
Sample type
Routine
Lab sample
160624-024PB
Laboratory
MSDH Lab
0.1294 mg/l , sample collected Jun 23, 2016, sampling point DS000 Copper, Free 1022 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2016 – Dec 31, 2016
0.0007 mg/l , sample collected Jun 23, 2016, sampling point DS000 Lead 1030 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2016 – Dec 31, 2016
Collected
Jun 23, 2016 15:00
Sampling point
DS000 Distribution
Sample type
Routine
Lab sample
160624-023PB
Laboratory
MSDH Lab
0.0049 mg/l , sample collected Jun 23, 2016 15:00, sampling point DS000 Copper, Free 1022 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2016 – Dec 31, 2016
0.0013 mg/l , sample collected Jun 23, 2016 15:00, sampling point DS000 Lead 1030 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2016 – Dec 31, 2016
Collected
Jun 23, 2016 05:46
Sampling point
DS000 Distribution
Sample type
Routine
Lab sample
160624-022PB
Laboratory
MSDH Lab
0.003 mg/l , sample collected Jun 23, 2016 05:46, sampling point DS000 Copper, Free 1022 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2016 – Dec 31, 2016
0.0022 mg/l , sample collected Jun 23, 2016 05:46, sampling point DS000 Lead 1030 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2016 – Dec 31, 2016
Collected
Jun 23, 2016 10:00
Sampling point
DS000 Distribution
Sample type
Routine
Lab sample
160624-021PB
Laboratory
MSDH Lab
0.0128 mg/l , sample collected Jun 23, 2016 10:00, sampling point DS000 Copper, Free 1022 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2016 – Dec 31, 2016
Not detected below 0.0005 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Jun 23, 2016 10:00, sampling point DS000 Lead 1030 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2016 – Dec 31, 2016
Collected
Jun 23, 2016 12:39
Sampling point
DS000 Distribution
Sample type
Routine
Lab sample
160624-020PB
Laboratory
MSDH Lab
0.2204 mg/l , sample collected Jun 23, 2016 12:39, sampling point DS000 Copper, Free 1022 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2016 – Dec 31, 2016
Not detected below 0.0005 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Jun 23, 2016 12:39, sampling point DS000 Lead 1030 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2016 – Dec 31, 2016

Routine (10).