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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Chromium (total)

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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.

 

38

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20140.353 ppb236ND - 2.11 ppb
2015ND20ND
20161.74 ppb111.74 ppb
2017ND80ND
2018ND20ND
2019ND20ND

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
2014-02-18104878PND
2014-02-18104879PND
2014-02-18304789PND
2014-02-18304790PND
2014-03-19AC200691.03 ppb
2014-03-19AC200681.28 ppb
2014-03-19AC20074ND
2014-03-19AC200711.32 ppb
2014-03-19AC200721.12 ppb
2014-03-19AC200732.11 ppb
2014-03-19AC200751.26 ppb
2014-05-19307024PND
2014-05-19307023PND
2014-05-19106946PND
2014-05-19106945PND
2014-08-18308884PND
2014-08-18308885PND
2014-08-18108886PND
2014-08-18108883PND
2014-11-17309752PND
2014-11-17109677PND
2014-11-17109676PND
2014-11-17309753PND
2015-03-26AC43835ND
2015-03-26AC43836ND
2016-03-09AC678021.74 ppb
2017-03-28AC92320ND
2017-03-28AC92321ND
2017-03-28AC92322ND
2017-03-28AC92318ND
2017-03-28AC92317ND
2017-03-28AC92319ND
2017-03-28AC92323ND
2017-03-28AC92316ND
2018-05-16AD16744ND
2018-05-16AD16743ND
2019-03-13AD40669ND
2019-03-13AD40668ND