Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Manganese

Warrington Twp Water&sew Dept

Manganese is a naturally occurring element that is common in food and drinking water. Excessive manganese exposures may impair children's attention, memory and intellectual capacity. Click here to read more about manganese.

 

7

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

1

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20182.74 ppb331.62 ppb - 3.98 ppb
201946.5 ppb441.50 ppb - 180.0 ppb
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: 100 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 100 ppb for manganese was defined by the state of Minnesota as a health risk limit, the concentration of a contaminant that can be consumed with little or no risk to health. This health guideline protects against harm to the brain and nervous system.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-08-0140079891.62 ppb
2018-08-0140080282.63 ppb
2018-11-0741147053.98 ppb
2019-02-0641919341.50 ppb
2019-02-064191960180.0 ppb
2019-02-0641919382.11 ppb
2019-04-0342491272.42 ppb