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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Chromium (total)

City of Fullerton

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.

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58

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20130.0467 ppb153ND - 0.300 ppb
20140.381 ppb2113ND - 1.10 ppb
2015N/A00N/A
2016ND130ND
2017N/A00N/A
2018N/A00N/A
2019ND90ND

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
2013-03-043010010811ND
2013-03-0430100109980.200 ppb
2013-03-043010010999ND
2013-03-053010010810ND
2013-06-103010010810-2ND
2013-06-103010010811-2ND
2013-06-103010010998-20.200 ppb
2013-06-103010010999-2ND
2013-09-033010010811-3ND
2013-09-033010010810-3ND
2013-09-043010010999-3ND
2013-09-043010010998-3ND
2013-12-093010010810-4ND
2013-12-093010010999-4ND
2013-12-093010010998-40.300 ppb
2014-02-053010010811-4A0.500 ppb
2014-04-153010010997-10.500 ppb
2014-04-153010010995-10.500 ppb
2014-04-153010010996-1ND
2014-04-153010010809-1ND
2014-04-153010010802-11.10 ppb
2014-04-153010010804-1ND
2014-04-153010010803-1ND
2014-04-153010010808-10.200 ppb
2014-04-153010010806-10.700 ppb
2014-04-153010010805-10.600 ppb
2014-09-16140904510.200 ppb
2014-09-1614090454ND
2014-09-1614090448ND
2014-09-16140904470.900 ppb
2014-09-16140904490.500 ppb
2014-09-1614090450ND
2014-09-1614090455ND
2014-09-16140904520.700 ppb
2014-09-16140904560.600 ppb
2014-09-16140904531.000 ppb
2016-02-034417-010-1010ND
2016-02-034417-012-0950ND
2016-02-034417-014-0920ND
2016-02-234417-015-0955ND
2016-05-024417-021-1045ND
2016-05-024417-011-0920ND
2016-05-024417-012-1010ND
2016-05-024417-014-0900ND
2016-05-024417-010-0955ND
2016-05-024417-016-1150ND
2016-05-024417-018-0935ND
2016-05-024417-007-1115ND
2016-08-044417-001-1145ND
2019-03-054417-014-0915ND
2019-03-054417-012-1205ND
2019-03-204417-001-0945ND
2019-04-034417-007-1140ND
2019-04-034417-021-1110ND
2019-04-084417-015-1140ND
2019-04-084417-016-1210ND
2019-04-084417-018-0840ND
2019-04-114417-011-1130ND