Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

Wallingford 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.

 

16

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20130.142 ppb880.0694 ppb - 0.225 ppb
20140.127 ppb880.0705 ppb - 0.216 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
2013-07-2935102394001AM0.225 ppb
2013-07-2935102390003AM0.0846 ppb
2013-07-2935102390001AM0.0694 ppb
2013-07-2935102394003AM0.224 ppb
2013-07-2935102396003AM0.174 ppb
2013-07-2935102396001AM0.205 ppb
2013-10-0835111726003AM0.0795 ppb
2013-10-0835111726001AM0.0718 ppb
2014-01-2135123700001AM0.0725 ppb
2014-01-2135123700003AM0.0799 ppb
2014-01-2235123713003AM0.135 ppb
2014-01-2235123713001AM0.140 ppb
2014-02-1935127228006AM0.216 ppb
2014-02-1935127228004AM0.214 ppb
2014-04-0135132663001AM0.0705 ppb
2014-04-0135132663003AM0.0862 ppb