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Chromium (total)

City of Santa Barbara Water Department

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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77

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20140.341 ppb2512ND - 1.70 ppb
20150.0420 ppb51ND - 0.210 ppb
2016ND110ND
2017ND120ND
2018ND120ND
2019ND120ND

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
2014-03-17201403180207AM1.70 ppb
2014-03-17201403180209AM1.70 ppb
2014-03-18201403190612AMND
2014-03-18201403190587AMND
2014-03-18201403190597AMND
2014-03-18201403190624AMND
2014-03-25201403260346AM0.390 ppb
2014-03-25201403260379AMND
2014-06-11201406120320AMND
2014-06-11201406120329AMND
2014-06-11201406120307AMND
2014-09-24201409250519AM0.390 ppb
2014-09-24201409250432AM0.300 ppb
2014-09-24201409250330AM0.680 ppb
2014-09-24201409250443AM0.300 ppb
2014-09-24201409250511AM1.70 ppb
2014-09-24201409250531AM0.670 ppb
2014-09-29201409300386AM0.280 ppb
2014-10-219590-042-0758ND
2014-10-219590-035-0931ND
2014-10-219590-015-0843ND
2014-10-229590-004-1014ND
2014-12-17201412180234AM0.210 ppb
2014-12-17201412180230AM0.210 ppb
2014-12-23201412240447AMND
2015-01-14201501150410AMND
2015-05-129590-055-0842ND
2015-07-14201507150470AM0.210 ppb
2015-10-219590-004-0947ND
2015-11-109590-005-1050ND
2016-01-129590-004-0856ND
2016-01-129590-054-0910ND
2016-04-069590-004-0828ND
2016-04-069590-054-0846ND
2016-07-129590-054-0845ND
2016-07-129590-004-0835ND
2016-10-129590-054-1120ND
2016-10-129590-004-1023ND
2016-11-029590-031-1120ND
2016-11-029590-053-1152ND
2016-11-029590-004-0838ND
2017-01-119590-054-1043ND
2017-01-119590-004-1034ND
2017-04-059590-054-0956ND
2017-04-059590-004-0946ND
2017-05-189590-058-1734ND
2017-07-199590-004-0933ND
2017-07-199590-054-0945ND
2017-10-049590-054-1140ND
2017-10-049590-004-1124ND
2017-11-079590-004-0955ND
2017-11-149590-042-0848ND
2017-11-149590-035-0930ND
2018-01-099590-054-1120ND
2018-01-099590-004-1100ND
2018-05-099590-054-0912ND
2018-05-099590-004-0905ND
2018-07-309590-058-0815ND
2018-08-159590-054-1104ND
2018-08-159590-004-1052ND
2018-09-259590-015-0947ND
2018-09-259590-055-1120ND
2018-09-269590-004-1131ND
2018-11-149590-054-0945ND
2018-11-149590-004-0932ND
2019-02-059590-004-1049ND
2019-02-059590-054-1110ND
2019-05-079590-004-0905ND
2019-05-079590-054-0915ND
2019-07-109590-054-0957ND
2019-07-109590-004-0942ND
2019-09-049590-058-1240ND
2019-10-079590-054-0957ND
2019-10-079590-004-0942ND
2019-10-299590-031-0904ND
2019-10-299590-004-1034ND
2019-12-059590-053-1403ND