Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Vanadium

City of Mountain Home

Vanadium is a metal used in steels and other alloys. People are commonly exposed to vanadium in water and food. Excessive exposure can be toxic during pregnancy and childhood.

 

24

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

8

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
201519.9 ppb24248.27 ppb - 33.1 ppb
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: 21 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 21 ppb for vanadium was defined by the Environmental Protection Agency as a benchmark for testing under the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule program. This health guideline protects against change in blood chemistry.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2015-05-19150521020-00417.0 ppb
2015-05-19150521020-00922.6 ppb
2015-05-19150521020-01017.2 ppb
2015-05-19150521020-00617.6 ppb
2015-05-19150521020-01219.8 ppb
2015-05-19150521020-00715.4 ppb
2015-05-19150521020-00331.7 ppb
2015-05-19150521020-0018.27 ppb
2015-07-29150803003-00421.5 ppb
2015-07-29150803003-00315.4 ppb
2015-07-29150803003-00115.0 ppb
2015-07-29150803003-00219.8 ppb
2015-11-17151119028-00333.1 ppb
2015-11-17151119028-00121.8 ppb
2015-11-17151119028-00820.8 ppb
2015-11-17151119028-01120.7 ppb
2015-11-17151119028-00720.3 ppb
2015-11-17151119028-00215.5 ppb
2015-11-17151119028-00618.6 ppb
2015-11-17151119028-00417.1 ppb
2015-11-17151119028-01021.1 ppb
2015-11-17151119028-01220.4 ppb
2015-11-17151119028-00922.5 ppb
2015-11-17151119028-00524.1 ppb