Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Cobalt

New Hope

NOTE: New Hope purchases water from Minneapolis which is required to test for cobalt. Sample information shown below was taken by Minneapolis.

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

 

6

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2013ND60ND
2014ND20ND
2015ND60ND
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: New Hope purchases water from Minneapolis which is required to test for cobalt. Sample information shown below was taken by Minneapolis.

Date Lab ID Result
2015-02-032053068001ND
2015-02-032053068003ND
2015-05-052069020001ND
2015-05-052069020003ND
2015-08-032086831001ND
2015-08-032086831003ND