Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Cobalt

Pa-american Water- Uniontown

Cobalt is a metal found throughout the environment; people may be exposed to cobalt in air, food and drinking water.

 

24

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND180ND
2015ND60ND
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: 70 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 70 ppb for cobalt 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
2014-04-0925355401ND
2014-04-0925355501ND
2014-04-0925355201ND
2014-04-0925355101ND
2014-04-0925355301ND
2014-04-0925355601ND
2014-07-1426128701ND
2014-07-1426128601ND
2014-07-1426128401ND
2014-07-1426128801ND
2014-07-1426128501ND
2014-07-1426128901ND
2014-10-0827114001ND
2014-10-0827113701ND
2014-10-0827114201ND
2014-10-0827113801ND
2014-10-0827113901ND
2014-10-0827114101ND
2015-01-1427900001ND
2015-01-1427899701ND
2015-01-1427899801ND
2015-01-1427899901ND
2015-01-1427900101ND
2015-01-1427900201ND