Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

Warminster Municipal Authority

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.

 

46

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20130.547 ppb21210.00370 ppb - 2.28 ppb
20140.592 ppb25250.111 ppb - 2.87 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
2013-11-1910596800372.28 ppb
2013-11-1910596800100.541 ppb
2013-11-1910596800160.422 ppb
2013-11-1910596800130.977 ppb
2013-11-1910596800010.00370 ppb
2013-11-1910596800070.380 ppb
2013-11-1910596800040.205 ppb
2013-11-1910596800310.341 ppb
2013-11-1910596800280.462 ppb
2013-11-1910596800340.760 ppb
2013-11-1910596800220.136 ppb
2013-11-1910596800190.515 ppb
2013-11-1910596800250.478 ppb
2013-11-1910596800460.991 ppb
2013-11-1910596800400.415 ppb
2013-11-1910596800430.430 ppb
2013-11-1910596800490.560 ppb
2013-11-1910596800520.106 ppb
2013-11-2010599940050.517 ppb
2013-11-2010599940010.509 ppb
2013-11-2010599940030.454 ppb
2014-02-1910727170010.178 ppb
2014-02-1910727170040.565 ppb
2014-05-2020083190160.492 ppb
2014-05-2020083190540.629 ppb
2014-05-2020083190560.559 ppb
2014-05-2020083190010.286 ppb
2014-05-2020083190520.586 ppb
2014-05-2020083190190.663 ppb
2014-05-2020083190100.592 ppb
2014-05-2020083190131.09 ppb
2014-05-2020083190400.366 ppb
2014-05-2020083190040.147 ppb
2014-05-2020083190070.412 ppb
2014-05-2020083190460.594 ppb
2014-05-2020083190250.724 ppb
2014-05-2020083190310.424 ppb
2014-05-2020083190490.144 ppb
2014-05-2020083190372.87 ppb
2014-05-2020083190220.111 ppb
2014-05-2020083190280.592 ppb
2014-05-2020083190340.562 ppb
2014-05-2020083190431.16 ppb
2014-06-0920116010010.384 ppb
2014-08-1920247640040.547 ppb
2014-08-1920247640010.116 ppb