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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Uranium

City of Pineville Water System

Uranium is a known human carcinogen. The federal legal limit for uranium is set at 30 micrograms per liter (corresponding to parts per billion), but utilities can also report uranium in picocuries per liter (pCi/L), which is a measure of radioactivity in water. EWG translated all uranium results to pCi/L using a conversion factor developed by the EPA. With this conversion approach, the limit of 30 ppb corresponds to 20 pCi/L. Drinking water with this much uranium would cause more than 4.6 cancer cases in a population of 100,000. California set a public health goal for uranium of 0.43 pCi/L. Read More.

Multiple forms of uranium can be detected in water, including uranium-234, uranium-235 and uranium-238. Uranium-234 is the most toxic form of uranium for human health.

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44

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

2

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND20ND
2015N/A00N/A
20160.05 pCi/L222ND - 0.53 pCi/L
2017ND20ND
2018N/A00N/A
2019ND180ND

pCi/L = picocuries per liter

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

EWG Health Guideline 0.43 pCi/L

The EWG Health Guideline of 0.43 pCi/L for uranium was defined by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a public health goal, the level of a drinking water contaminant that does not pose a significant health risk. Three most common uranium isotopes are U-234, U-235 and U-238. All isotopes of uranium are radioactive, and the total radioactivity depends on the ratio of isotopes. This health guideline protects against cancer.

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL) 20 pCi/L

pCi/L = picocuries per liter

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2014-03-10AD89652ND
2014-03-10AD89652ND
2016-09-1535265896005ND
2016-09-1535265896005ND
2016-09-2835268029009ND
2016-09-2835268029010ND
2016-09-2835268029011ND
2016-09-28352680290120.53 pCi/L
2016-09-2835268029013ND
2016-09-2835268029013ND
2016-09-28352680290120.53 pCi/L
2016-09-2835268029011ND
2016-09-2835268029010ND
2016-09-2835268029009ND
2016-10-0535271142004ND
2016-10-0535271142003ND
2016-10-0535271142002ND
2016-10-0535271142001ND
2016-10-0535271142003ND
2016-10-0535271142002ND
2016-10-0535271142001ND
2016-10-0535271142004ND
2016-12-1535283877001ND
2016-12-1535283877001ND
2017-09-2735338974001ND
2017-09-2735338974001ND
2019-07-18B1903052-002ND
2019-07-18B1903052-001ND
2019-07-18B1903052-002ND
2019-07-18B1903052-005ND
2019-07-18B1903052-004ND
2019-07-18B1903052-003ND
2019-07-18B1903052-001ND
2019-07-18B1903052-003ND
2019-07-18B1903052-004ND
2019-07-18B1903052-005ND
2019-07-25B1903185-001ND
2019-07-25B1903185-002ND
2019-07-25B1903185-004ND
2019-07-25B1903185-003ND
2019-07-25B1903185-003ND
2019-07-25B1903185-001ND
2019-07-25B1903185-002ND
2019-07-25B1903185-004ND