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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Manganese

Kansas City

Manganese is a naturally occurring element that is common in food and drinking water. Excessive manganese exposures may impair children's attention, memory and intellectual capacity. Click here to read more about manganese.

 

48

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2013N/A00N/A
20140.333 ppb121ND - 4.00 ppb
20150.417 ppb121ND - 5.00 ppb
20161.33 ppb121ND - 16.0 ppb
2017ND60ND
2018ND10ND
20190.140 ppb51ND - 0.700 ppb

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

EWG Health Guideline 100 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 100 ppb for manganese was defined by the state of Minnesota as a health risk limit, the concentration of a contaminant that can be consumed with little or no risk to health. This health guideline protects against harm to the brain and nervous system.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2014-01-31D03622ND
2014-02-28D07005ND
2014-04-02D11286ND
2014-04-30D159714.00 ppb
2014-05-31D19079ND
2014-06-30D24651ND
2014-07-31D26840ND
2014-08-31D30984ND
2014-09-30D34783ND
2014-10-31D38355ND
2014-11-30D42933ND
2014-12-31D48118ND
2015-01-31D51715ND
2015-02-28D54234ND
2015-03-31D57598ND
2015-04-30D61648ND
2015-05-31D65870ND
2015-06-30D71342ND
2015-07-31D75982ND
2015-08-31D79254ND
2015-09-30D81712ND
2015-10-31D87858ND
2015-11-30D89858ND
2015-12-31D941885.00 ppb
2016-01-31D97789ND
2016-02-29E01358ND
2016-03-31E05110ND
2016-04-30E09237ND
2016-05-31E13219ND
2016-06-30E18769ND
2016-07-31E21317ND
2016-09-01E25452ND
2016-09-30E29800ND
2016-11-01E33429ND
2016-12-01E37300ND
2016-12-31E4472316.0 ppb
2017-01-31E45199ND
2017-02-28E49986ND
2017-03-31E52522ND
2017-04-30E56711ND
2017-06-01E60760ND
2017-06-30E66313ND
2018-05-31F07622ND
2019-03-1335454509001SEA1ND
2019-05-11F52505ND
2019-06-1235475459001SEA20.700 ppb
2019-09-2535500953001SEA3ND
2019-12-1835520069001SEA4ND