Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Cobalt

Barksdale Afb Water System

NOTE: Barksdale Afb Water System purchases water from Shreveport Water System which is required to test for cobalt. Sample information shown below was taken by Shreveport Water System.

Cobalt is a metal found throughout the environment; people may be exposed to cobalt in air, food and drinking water.

 

8

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2013ND80ND
2014ND60ND
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: 70 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 70 ppb for cobalt 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

NOTE: Barksdale Afb Water System purchases water from Shreveport Water System which is required to test for cobalt. Sample information shown below was taken by Shreveport Water System.

Date Lab ID Result
2013-07-102855572ND
2013-07-102855556ND
2014-04-083004343ND
2014-04-083004320ND
2014-07-243069704ND
2014-07-243069627ND
2014-10-143122551ND
2014-10-303131811ND