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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Chromium (total)

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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.

 

42

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20130.0143 ppb282ND - 0.200 ppb
2014ND10ND
2015N/A00N/A
2016ND60ND
2017ND10ND
2018ND10ND
2019ND50ND

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
2013-02-1827829730.200 ppb
2013-02-182782964ND
2013-02-182782921ND
2013-02-182782917ND
2013-02-182782911ND
2013-02-182782996ND
2013-02-182782992ND
2013-02-182782926ND
2013-02-1827829550.200 ppb
2013-02-192782946ND
2013-02-192782907ND
2013-02-192783004ND
2013-02-192782935ND
2013-03-072795156ND
2013-08-222886025ND
2013-08-222886212ND
2013-08-222885937ND
2013-08-222885933ND
2013-08-222885963ND
2013-08-222886195ND
2013-08-222885973ND
2013-08-222885984ND
2013-08-222886014ND
2013-08-232885946ND
2013-08-232885941ND
2013-08-232885950ND
2013-08-232885958ND
2013-09-272907147ND
2014-01-13140114013-1ND
2016-01-13160114025-4ND
2016-01-13160114025-1ND
2016-01-13160114025-2ND
2016-01-13160114025-3ND
2016-04-13160414035-1ND
2016-04-13160414035-2ND
2017-01-12170113030-1ND
2018-09-2518090665-001ND
2019-01-1619010489-001ND
2019-01-1619010489-002ND
2019-10-1420126104001_IIOCND
2019-10-1420126104001_IIOCND
2019-12-1620134834001_IIOCND