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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Chromium (total)

Waldorf

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.

 

47

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20130.205 ppb123ND - 1.80 ppb
2014ND160ND
2015ND10ND
2016ND50ND
20173.00 ppb103ND - 18.0 ppb
2018ND20ND
2019ND10ND

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
2013-02-251302720-001AND
2013-02-251302713-001AND
2013-02-251302713-002AND
2013-02-251302720-003A1.80 ppb
2013-04-151304494-001DND
2013-04-151304494-002CND
2013-07-091307258-002CND
2013-07-091307258-001DND
2013-08-051308227-001D0.330 ppb
2013-08-051308227-002C0.330 ppb
2013-10-311310A30-001DND
2013-10-311310A30-002CND
2014-01-02140102_03_106614ND
2014-01-02140102_12_106614ND
2014-02-11140211_15_107160ND
2014-02-11140211_15_107160ND
2014-02-11140211_11_107160ND
2014-02-11140211_11_107160ND
2014-02-11140211_06_107160ND
2014-02-11140211_06_107160ND
2014-03-04140304_05_107463ND
2014-03-04140304_14_107463ND
2014-03-04140304_08_107463ND
2014-03-24140324_10_107831ND
2014-03-24140324_07_107831ND
2014-04-08140408_09_200072ND
2014-04-08140408_09_200072ND
2014-08-20140820_01_16972-ND
2015-09-0922992_000001ND
2016-05-24E16004485003ND
2016-05-24E16004485002ND
2016-10-24E17001817004ND
2016-10-24E17001817003ND
2016-10-24E17001817002ND
2017-01-0329500_0000017.00 ppb
2017-01-0529625_000118.0 ppb
2017-02-1030155_0000015.00 ppb
2017-02-1030157_000001ND
2017-02-1030156_000001ND
2017-03-2330747_000001ND
2017-03-2330750_000001ND
2017-03-2330749_000001ND
2017-04-1831134_000001ND
2017-08-2333108_000001ND
2018-03-0135871_000001ND
2018-09-042336839001ND
2019-06-13E19004306004ND