Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

Huntingdon Boro Water Dept

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
20130.413 ppb220.332 ppb - 0.493 ppb
20140.245 ppb660.159 ppb - 0.360 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
2013-10-1510541420030.332 ppb
2013-10-1510541420010.493 ppb
2014-01-2110683770030.213 ppb
2014-01-2110683770010.234 ppb
2014-04-1620022180030.159 ppb
2014-04-1620022180010.178 ppb
2014-07-0820173800010.326 ppb
2014-07-0820173800030.360 ppb