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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Chromium (total)

Citizens Water of Westfield, LLC

Chromium is a naturally occurring metal, but industrial uses can elevate its levels in water. One form, hexavalent chromium, causes cancer. Total chromium is not a good indicator of the amount of hexavalent chromium in drinking water.

 

48

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND110ND
20150.200 ppb173ND - 1.20 ppb
2016ND50ND
2017ND60ND
2018ND60ND
2019ND30ND

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL) 100 ppb

The legal limit for total chromium, established in 1991, was based on a 1958 toxicity study in laboratory animals, and applies to both the less-toxic trivalent chromium and the more-toxic hexavalent chromium forms of this compound. This limit does not protect against the risk of cancer from ingestion of hexavalent chromium.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2014-05-13683178IOC-2014ND
2014-05-13683176IOC-2014ND
2014-05-13683174IOC-2014ND
2014-11-11709900IOC-2014ND
2014-11-11709898IOC-2014ND
2014-12-153155890ND
2014-12-153156247ND
2014-12-153156309ND
2014-12-153156228ND
2014-12-153156313ND
2014-12-153156265ND
2015-02-10722487IOC-2015ND
2015-02-10722485IOC-2015ND
2015-05-12150006402IOC-201ND
2015-05-12150006401IOC-201ND
2015-06-093258227ND
2015-06-093258202ND
2015-06-093258208ND
2015-06-093258258ND
2015-06-233267999ND
2015-06-233267994ND
2015-08-11346353IOC-20151.20 ppb
2015-08-11346345IOC-20151.000 ppb
2015-09-223327348IOC-20151.20 ppb
2015-09-233328840ND
2015-11-10150102303IOC-201ND
2015-11-10150102301IOC-201ND
2015-12-093372142ND
2016-05-1016066604IOC-2016ND
2016-05-1016066602IOC-2016ND
2016-05-1016066606IOC-2016ND
2016-08-0916121405IOC-2016ND
2016-08-0916121406IOC-2016ND
2017-05-0917070711IOC-2017ND
2017-05-0917070713IOC-2017ND
2017-05-0917070715IOC-2017ND
2017-08-1517130611IOC-2017ND
2017-08-1517130612IOC-2017ND
2017-08-1517130613IOC-2017ND
2018-05-1518071801IOC-2018ND
2018-05-1518071802IOC-2018ND
2018-06-1218087906IOC-2018ND
2018-08-1418127401ND
2018-08-1418127402ND
2018-08-1418127403ND
2019-05-1419092609ND
2019-05-1419092608ND
2019-05-1419092610ND