Sampling and Chemical Analysis

Over the past four years almost 200 bottled water samples have been gathered from our six ponds.

Envirotech Laboratories in Sandwich, MA has analyzed these water samples. The Six Ponds Improvement Association and the Town of Plymouth have funded this work.

The samples have been analyzed for the 19 characteristics and components listed below.

Parameters	Units
E-coli	Mtec /100 mls
pH	pH units
Specific Conductance	umhos/cm
Nitrate-N	mg/L
Nitrite-N	mg/L
Sodium	mg/L
Iron	mg/L
Manganese	mg/L
Potassium	mg/L
Calcium	mg/L
Magnesium	mg/L
Hardness	mg/L
Alkalinity	mg/L
Sulfate	mg/L
Chloride	mg/L
Color	TON
Turbidity	NTU
Total Phosphate (P)	mg/L
Free CO2	mg/L