Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Lithium

Watertown Water & Sewer Authority

NOTE: Watertown Water & Sewer Authority purchases water from Waterbury Water Department which is required to test for lithium. Sample information shown below was taken by Waterbury Water Department.

Lithium occurs naturally in soil and rock. It is a pollutant from mining and industrial manufacturing of metals, ceramics and batteries. Ingesting too much lithium can lead to symptoms like abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting.

 

4

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2013N/A00N/A
2014N/A00N/A
2015N/A00N/A
2016N/A00N/A
2017N/A00N/A
2018N/A00N/A
2019N/A00N/A
2020N/A00N/A
2021N/A00N/A
2022N/A00N/A
2023ND20ND
2024ND30ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: Watertown Water & Sewer Authority purchases water from Waterbury Water Department which is required to test for lithium. Sample information shown below was taken by Waterbury Water Department.

Date Lab ID Result
2023-10-06L2359318-01ND
2023-12-04L2371209-01ND
2024-03-04L2412134-01ND
2024-06-04L2430719-01ND