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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Chromium (total)

Lexington Park

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.

 

50

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND40ND
2015ND130ND
2016ND180ND
2017ND20ND
2018ND10ND
2019ND120ND

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
2014-04-22140422_10_200530ND
2014-04-22140422_15_200530ND
2014-04-22140422_04_200530ND
2014-05-05140505_21_200524ND
2015-02-2435177420003AMND
2015-02-2435177420007AMND
2015-02-2435177420005AMND
2015-02-2435177420001AMND
2015-02-2735177878001AMND
2015-02-2735177878003AMND
2015-04-282068831001ND
2015-08-2635205363001AMND
2015-08-2635205363011AMND
2015-08-2635205363007AMND
2015-08-2635205363009AMND
2015-08-2635205363005AMND
2015-08-2635205363003AMND
2016-06-022149324007ND
2016-06-022149324005ND
2016-06-022149324008ND
2016-06-022149324004ND
2016-06-022149324003ND
2016-06-032149324001ND
2016-06-032149320001ND
2016-06-032149324009ND
2016-06-032149324006ND
2016-06-032149324002ND
2016-06-032149320002ND
2016-08-25E17000785002ND
2016-08-25E17000785001ND
2016-08-31E17000917003ND
2016-09-21E17001294002ND
2016-09-21E17001294003ND
2016-09-21E17001294004ND
2016-09-26E17001374002ND
2017-06-012236019002ND
2017-06-052236020001ND
2018-05-032313818001ND
2019-06-1743714_FND
2019-06-1743710_DND
2019-06-1743714_END
2019-06-1743714_CND
2019-06-1743714_BND
2019-06-1743710_CND
2019-06-1743710_BND
2019-06-17437110ND
2019-06-1743710_AND
2019-06-1743710ND
2019-09-23E20001184003ND
2019-09-23E20001184002ND