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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Chromium (total)

Ridge Creek Water Company LLC

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.

 

44

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014N/A00N/A
201511.7 ppb22227.69 ppb - 16.0 ppb
2016N/A00N/A
2017N/A00N/A
2018ND220ND
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
2015-09-01AC5471516.0 ppb
2015-09-01AC5470812.1 ppb
2015-09-01AC546999.99 ppb
2015-09-01AC5470010.9 ppb
2015-09-01AC5470713.0 ppb
2015-09-01AC5471811.3 ppb
2015-09-01AC547117.69 ppb
2015-09-01AC5471212.8 ppb
2015-09-01AC5471313.8 ppb
2015-09-01AC5471413.7 ppb
2015-09-01AC547029.38 ppb
2015-09-01AC547197.83 ppb
2015-09-01AC5472013.9 ppb
2015-09-01AC547179.74 ppb
2015-09-01AC5471611.0 ppb
2015-09-01AC5471015.9 ppb
2015-09-01AC547039.29 ppb
2015-09-01AC5470410.7 ppb
2015-09-01AC5470511.1 ppb
2015-09-01AC5470612.7 ppb
2015-09-01AC5470915.4 ppb
2015-09-01AC547019.18 ppb
2018-07-23AD29449ND
2018-07-23AD29459ND
2018-07-23AD29454ND
2018-07-23AD29453ND
2018-07-23AD29451ND
2018-07-23AD29450ND
2018-07-23AD29452ND
2018-07-24AD29469ND
2018-07-24AD29468ND
2018-07-24AD29467ND
2018-07-24AD29466ND
2018-07-24AD29465ND
2018-07-24AD29464ND
2018-07-24AD29463ND
2018-07-24AD29462ND
2018-07-24AD29461ND
2018-07-24AD29460ND
2018-07-24AD29458ND
2018-07-24AD29457ND
2018-07-24AD29456ND
2018-07-24AD29455ND
2018-07-24AD29448ND