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Cobalt

Nevada Village Public Water System

NOTE: Nevada Village Public Water System purchases water from Bucyrus City which is required to test for cobalt. Sample information shown below was taken by Bucyrus City.

Cobalt is a metal found throughout the environment; people may be exposed to cobalt in air, food and drinking water.

 

8

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2013ND40ND
2014ND60ND
2015ND20ND
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: 70 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 70 ppb for cobalt was defined by the Environmental Protection Agency as a benchmark for testing under the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule program. This health guideline protects against change in blood chemistry.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: Nevada Village Public Water System purchases water from Bucyrus City which is required to test for cobalt. Sample information shown below was taken by Bucyrus City.

Date Lab ID Result
2014-04-08201404100370AMND
2014-04-08201404100368AMND
2014-07-08201407090667AMND
2014-07-08201407090665AMND
2014-10-08201410100157AMND
2014-10-08201410100159AMND
2015-01-14201501170040AMND
2015-01-14201501170038AMND