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Chromium (total)

Sea Girt Water Department

NOTE: Sea Girt Water Department purchases water from NJ Water Supply Authority Manasquan which is required to test for chromium (total). Sample information shown below was taken by NJ Water Supply Authority Manasquan.

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.

 

12

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019ND40ND
2020ND10ND
2021ND10ND
2022ND10ND
2023ND10ND

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

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

NOTE: Sea Girt Water Department purchases water from NJ Water Supply Authority Manasquan which is required to test for chromium (total). Sample information shown below was taken by NJ Water Supply Authority Manasquan.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-04-24380424037.11.000 ppb
2018-04-24380424038.1ND
2018-04-24380424039.1ND
2018-11-13381113713.1ND
2019-04-23390423708.1ND
2019-04-23390423709.1ND
2019-04-23390423710.1ND
2019-11-19391119713.1ND
2020-11-17201117049-02ND
2021-04-20210420043-03ND
2022-04-19220419065-03ND
2023-04-18230418082-03ND