Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

Lincoln County Board of Public Utilities #1

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.

 

32

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20140.0586 ppb16160.0160 ppb - 0.130 ppb
20150.0564 ppb16160.0150 ppb - 0.120 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
2014-09-220.120 ppb
2014-09-220.110 ppb
2014-09-220.0160 ppb
2014-09-220.0220 ppb
2014-09-220.0240 ppb
2014-09-220.120 ppb
2014-09-220.0160 ppb
2014-09-220.0290 ppb
2014-12-150.130 ppb
2014-12-150.120 ppb
2014-12-150.0240 ppb
2014-12-150.0280 ppb
2014-12-150.0180 ppb
2014-12-150.0240 ppb
2014-12-150.0170 ppb
2014-12-150.120 ppb
2015-03-160.120 ppb
2015-03-160.0230 ppb
2015-03-160.0450 ppb
2015-03-160.110 ppb
2015-03-160.0240 ppb
2015-03-160.0150 ppb
2015-03-160.0150 ppb
2015-03-160.0960 ppb
2015-06-230.0970 ppb
2015-06-230.110 ppb
2015-07-070.0220 ppb
2015-07-070.0170 ppb
2015-07-070.0230 ppb
2015-07-070.0170 ppb
2015-08-030.120 ppb
2015-08-030.0490 ppb