Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

Manchester Water Department

Strontium is a metal that accumulates in the bones. Radioactive strontium-90 can cause bone cancer and leukemia, and any form of strontium at high doses can harm bone health.

 

22

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20140.0858 ppb22220.0366 ppb - 0.191 ppb
2015N/A00N/A
2016N/A00N/A
2017N/A00N/A
2018N/A00N/A
2019N/A00N/A
2020N/A00N/A
2021N/A00N/A
2022N/A00N/A
2023N/A00N/A

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EWG Health Guideline: 1,500 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 1,500 ppb for strontium was defined by the Environmental Protection Agency as a benchmark for testing under the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule program. This health guideline protects against harm to bones.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2014-03-0335128814009AM0.187 ppb
2014-03-0335128814005AM0.0402 ppb
2014-03-0335128814007AM0.0417 ppb
2014-03-0335128814001AM0.0674 ppb
2014-03-0335128814003AM0.0560 ppb
2014-03-0435128919001AM0.148 ppb
2014-03-0435128919003AM0.180 ppb
2014-03-3135132407001AM0.0527 ppb
2014-03-3135132407003AM0.0503 ppb
2014-06-1735142680001AM0.0366 ppb
2014-06-1735142680003AM0.0374 ppb
2014-09-0835154373001AM0.0621 ppb
2014-09-0835154373003AM0.0739 ppb
2014-09-0935154734003AM0.191 ppb
2014-09-0935154734001AM0.158 ppb
2014-09-1035154778003AM0.0546 ppb
2014-09-1035154778001AM0.0619 ppb
2014-09-1635155693001AM0.0427 ppb
2014-09-1635155693003AM0.0475 ppb
2014-09-1635155693005AM0.185 ppb
2014-12-1535168214001AM0.0551 ppb
2014-12-1535168214003AM0.0589 ppb