Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Lithium

City of The Dalles

Lithium occurs naturally in soil and rock. It is a pollutant from mining and industrial manufacturing of metals, ceramics and batteries. Ingesting too much lithium can lead to symptoms like abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting.

 

10

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
2015N/A00N/A
2016N/A00N/A
2017N/A00N/A
2018N/A00N/A
2019N/A00N/A
2020N/A00N/A
2021N/A00N/A
2022N/A00N/A
202318.8 ppb53ND - 39.1 ppb
202419.7 ppb53ND - 42.1 ppb

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2023-07-12K2307884-001ND
2023-09-05K2309889-00516.9 ppb
2023-09-05K2309889-00139.1 ppb
2023-09-05K2309889-00338.1 ppb
2023-10-17K2311891-001ND
2024-01-09K2400316-001ND
2024-04-16K2403965-001ND
2024-04-16K2403968-00516.8 ppb
2024-04-16K2403968-00342.1 ppb
2024-04-16K2403968-00139.8 ppb