Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

Woodbury City Water Department

Strontium is a metal that accumulates in the bones. Radioactive strontium-90 can cause bone cancer and leukemia, and any form of strontium at high doses can harm bone health.

 

14

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20130.570 ppb12120.0831 ppb - 1.48 ppb
20140.501 ppb220.0826 ppb - 0.920 ppb
2015N/A00N/A
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: 1,500 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 1,500 ppb for strontium was defined by the Environmental Protection Agency as a benchmark for testing under the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule program. This health guideline protects against harm to bones.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2013-05-13719522-89890.0831 ppb
2013-05-13719524-89890.850 ppb
2013-05-13719532-89890.283 ppb
2013-05-13719530-89890.261 ppb
2013-05-13719534-89891.48 ppb
2013-08-07736148-94960.695 ppb
2013-08-07736146-94960.0869 ppb
2013-11-14759180-103670.893 ppb
2013-11-14759178-103670.0986 ppb
2013-11-14759222-103670.273 ppb
2013-11-14759226-103671.47 ppb
2013-11-14759224-103670.368 ppb
2014-02-11770212-107520.0826 ppb
2014-02-11770214-107520.920 ppb