Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Lithium

Elizabethton Water Department

Lithium occurs naturally in soil and rock. It is a pollutant from mining and industrial manufacturing of metals, ceramics and batteries. Ingesting too much lithium can lead to symptoms like abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting.

 

14

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2013N/A00N/A
2014N/A00N/A
2015N/A00N/A
2016N/A00N/A
2017N/A00N/A
2018N/A00N/A
2019N/A00N/A
2020N/A00N/A
2021N/A00N/A
2022N/A00N/A
2023ND110ND
2024ND30ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Result
2023-04-03ND
2023-04-03ND
2023-04-03ND
2023-04-03ND
2023-07-10ND
2023-07-10ND
2023-07-10ND
2023-10-02ND
2023-10-02ND
2023-10-02ND
2023-10-02ND
2024-01-08ND
2024-01-08ND
2024-01-08ND