Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

Elizabethton Water Department

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.

 

20

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20130.153 ppb660.0290 ppb - 0.390 ppb
20140.175 ppb14140.0270 ppb - 0.550 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 Result
2013-11-050.0550 ppb
2013-11-050.340 ppb
2013-11-050.0470 ppb
2013-11-050.390 ppb
2013-11-050.0540 ppb
2013-11-050.0290 ppb
2014-02-040.340 ppb
2014-02-040.0520 ppb
2014-02-040.450 ppb
2014-02-040.0270 ppb
2014-05-060.0270 ppb
2014-05-060.0500 ppb
2014-05-060.350 ppb
2014-05-060.0510 ppb
2014-05-060.0450 ppb
2014-05-060.320 ppb
2014-08-050.0590 ppb
2014-08-050.1000 ppb
2014-08-050.550 ppb
2014-08-050.0320 ppb