Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Vanadium

Paw Penn District

Vanadium is a metal used in steels and other alloys. People are commonly exposed to vanadium in water and food. Excessive exposure can be toxic during pregnancy and childhood.

 

32

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20140.475 ppb166ND - 2.90 ppb
20150.363 ppb165ND - 2.50 ppb
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: 21 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 21 ppb for vanadium 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

Date Lab ID Result
2014-10-0627102001ND
2014-10-0627101801ND
2014-10-0627102101ND
2014-10-0627101501ND
2014-10-06271010010.300 ppb
2014-10-06271011010.400 ppb
2014-10-1327101901ND
2014-10-1327101701ND
2014-10-13271022012.70 ppb
2014-10-1327101201ND
2014-10-13271014011.10 ppb
2014-10-13271009012.90 ppb
2014-10-143133123ND
2014-10-143133169ND
2014-10-1431331710.200 ppb
2014-10-143133173ND
2015-04-0328566101ND
2015-04-03285664012.50 ppb
2015-04-03285651012.40 ppb
2015-04-03285655010.400 ppb
2015-04-0328566501ND
2015-04-0328565901ND
2015-04-0728565401ND
2015-04-07285666010.200 ppb
2015-04-0728565801ND
2015-04-0728566001ND
2015-04-0728565701ND
2015-04-0728566201ND
2015-04-0828565301ND
2015-04-08285663010.300 ppb
2015-04-1728565201ND
2015-04-2929060901ND