Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Manganese

City of Mountain Home

Manganese is a naturally occurring element that is common in food and drinking water. Excessive manganese exposures may impair children's attention, memory and intellectual capacity. Click here to read more about manganese.

 

9

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018N/A00N/A
2019N/A00N/A
20200.522 ppb94ND - 1.50 ppb
2021N/A00N/A
2022N/A00N/A
2023N/A00N/A

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EWG Health Guideline: 100 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 100 ppb for manganese was defined by the state of Minnesota as a health risk limit, the concentration of a contaminant that can be consumed with little or no risk to health. This health guideline protects against harm to the brain and nervous system.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2020-06-2920-22844-43483ND
2020-06-2920-22844-43484ND
2020-06-2920-22844-43485ND
2020-06-2920-22844-43486ND
2020-06-2920-22844-434870.700 ppb
2020-06-2920-22844-434881.50 ppb
2020-06-2920-22844-434891.40 ppb
2020-06-2920-22844-434901.10 ppb
2020-08-1720-29954-56805ND