Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

Lawrenceburg Water System

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.

 

12

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20140.0508 ppb990.0400 ppb - 0.0620 ppb
20150.0547 ppb330.0390 ppb - 0.0630 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: 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
2014-04-150.0520 ppb
2014-04-290.0410 ppb
2014-04-290.0530 ppb
2014-07-280.0560 ppb
2014-07-280.0560 ppb
2014-07-280.0420 ppb
2014-10-160.0550 ppb
2014-10-160.0400 ppb
2014-11-190.0620 ppb
2015-02-100.0390 ppb
2015-02-100.0630 ppb
2015-02-100.0620 ppb