Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

Pottstown Borough Water 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.

 

8

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20130.180 ppb440.137 ppb - 0.208 ppb
20140.150 ppb440.127 ppb - 0.170 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
2013-08-1535104619003AM0.170 ppb
2013-08-1535104619001AM0.137 ppb
2013-11-1435116033001AM0.208 ppb
2013-11-1435116033003AM0.205 ppb
2014-02-2635128177001AM0.169 ppb
2014-02-2635128177003AM0.170 ppb
2014-05-0735137278001AM0.133 ppb
2014-05-0735137278003AM0.127 ppb