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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Chromium (total)

Lahaina

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.

 

40

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20130.515 ppb880.280 ppb - 0.910 ppb
20140.316 ppb169ND - 1.30 ppb
20150.500 ppb21ND - 1.000 ppb
2016ND30ND
20170.240 ppb51ND - 1.20 ppb
2018ND30ND
20190.333 ppb31ND - 1.000 ppb

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
2013-09-17201309200085AM0.310 ppb
2013-09-17201309200184AM0.540 ppb
2013-09-17201309200052AM0.840 ppb
2013-09-17201309200164AM0.280 ppb
2013-12-16201312180612AM0.380 ppb
2013-12-16201312180604AM0.490 ppb
2013-12-16201312180610AM0.370 ppb
2013-12-19201312210093AM0.910 ppb
2014-03-17201403190848AM0.230 ppb
2014-03-17201403190844AM0.300 ppb
2014-03-17201403190632AM0.250 ppb
2014-03-17201403190636AM1.000 ppb
2014-04-03201404080935ND
2014-04-03201404080617ND
2014-04-04201404080992ND
2014-04-11201404150350ND
2014-06-17201406190428AM0.870 ppb
2014-06-17201406190430AM0.480 ppb
2014-06-17201406190434AM0.330 ppb
2014-06-17201406190436AM0.300 ppb
2014-08-14201408190783ND
2014-08-14201408190815ND
2014-08-14201408190822ND
2014-08-142014081908301.30 ppb
2015-01-262015012807561.000 ppb
2015-01-26201501280332ND
2016-02-22ND
2016-02-22ND
2016-09-26ND
2017-01-30ND
2017-01-301.20 ppb
2017-01-30ND
2017-01-30ND
2017-01-30ND
2018-01-31201801031006ND
2018-01-31201801031004ND
2018-01-31201802020345ND
2019-01-30201902010224ND
2019-01-30201902010199ND
2019-01-302019020102151.000 ppb