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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Chromium (total)

Summit Township

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.

 

26

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND260ND
2015N/A00N/A
2016N/A00N/A
2017N/A00N/A
2018N/A00N/A
2019N/A00N/A

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
2014-03-13LLF11736ND
2014-03-192994960ND
2014-03-192994579ND
2014-03-192994384ND
2014-03-192994493ND
2014-03-192994832ND
2014-03-192994583ND
2014-03-192994886ND
2014-03-192994372ND
2014-03-192994824ND
2014-03-192994903ND
2014-03-192994949ND
2014-03-192994523ND
2014-06-05LLF21292ND
2014-09-113102047ND
2014-09-113102073ND
2014-09-113102151ND
2014-09-113102099ND
2014-09-113102015ND
2014-09-113102030ND
2014-09-113102069ND
2014-09-113102146ND
2014-09-113102024ND
2014-09-113102095ND
2014-09-223108861ND
2014-09-223108966ND