Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

Lewiston Water & Sewer Division

Strontium is a metal that accumulates in the bones. Radioactive strontium-90 can cause bone cancer and leukemia, and any form of strontium at high doses can harm bone health.

 

8

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20130.0322 ppb220.0298 ppb - 0.0346 ppb
20140.0319 ppb660.0298 ppb - 0.0349 ppb
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: 1,500 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 1,500 ppb for strontium was defined by the Environmental Protection Agency as a benchmark for testing under the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule program. This health guideline protects against harm to bones.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2013-11-18759188-103670.0298 ppb
2013-11-18759190-103670.0346 ppb
2014-02-11770453-107600.0316 ppb
2014-02-11770451-107520.0307 ppb
2014-05-14788659-113710.0298 ppb
2014-05-14788661-113710.0333 ppb
2014-08-11809683-120980.0312 ppb
2014-08-11809685-120980.0349 ppb