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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Chromium (total)

City of Pearland

Chromium is a naturally occurring metal, but industrial uses can elevate its levels in water. One form, hexavalent chromium, causes cancer. Total chromium is not a good indicator of the amount of hexavalent chromium in drinking water.

 

65

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20140.0244 ppb332ND - 0.418 ppb
20150.0238 ppb221ND - 0.523 ppb
2016N/A00N/A
2017ND80ND
2018ND20ND
2019N/A00N/A

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL) 100 ppb

The legal limit for total chromium, established in 1991, was based on a 1958 toxicity study in laboratory animals, and applies to both the less-toxic trivalent chromium and the more-toxic hexavalent chromium forms of this compound. This limit does not protect against the risk of cancer from ingestion of hexavalent chromium.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2014-04-02AC49015ND
2014-04-02AC49012ND
2014-04-02AC49014ND
2014-04-02AC49009ND
2014-04-03AC49194ND
2014-04-03AC49195ND
2014-04-03AC49193ND
2014-04-03AC49192ND
2014-05-09AC53751ND
2014-07-22Q1429772003ND
2014-07-22Q1429772011ND
2014-07-22Q1429772019ND
2014-07-22Q1429772015ND
2014-07-22Q1429772017ND
2014-07-22Q1429772027ND
2014-07-22Q1429772043ND
2014-07-22Q1429772021ND
2014-07-22Q1429772039ND
2014-07-22Q1429772041ND
2014-07-22Q1429772035ND
2014-07-22Q1429772033ND
2014-07-22Q1429772031ND
2014-07-22Q1429772025ND
2014-07-22Q1429772029ND
2014-07-22Q1429772037ND
2014-07-22Q1429772023ND
2014-07-22Q1429772005ND
2014-07-22Q1429772009ND
2014-07-22Q1429772007ND
2014-07-22Q1429772013ND
2014-07-22Q1429772001ND
2014-10-14Q14522660030.386 ppb
2014-10-14Q14522660010.418 ppb
2015-01-14Q1500706007ND
2015-01-14Q1500706031ND
2015-01-14Q1500706029ND
2015-01-14Q1500706009ND
2015-01-14Q1500706013ND
2015-01-14Q1500706011ND
2015-01-14Q1500706021ND
2015-01-14Q1500706019ND
2015-01-14Q1500706027ND
2015-01-14Q1500706025ND
2015-01-14Q1500706023ND
2015-01-14Q1500706033ND
2015-01-14Q1500706015ND
2015-01-14Q1500706017ND
2015-01-14Q1500706003ND
2015-01-14Q1500706001ND
2015-01-14Q1500706005ND
2015-01-14Q1500706035ND
2015-04-16Q1514321003ND
2015-04-16Q15143210010.523 ppb
2015-04-21AC88962ND
2015-04-21AC88963ND
2017-01-17AD65041ND
2017-01-17AD65042ND
2017-04-12AD79404ND
2017-04-12AD79401ND
2017-04-12AD79405ND
2017-07-18AD89627ND
2017-09-14AD96174ND
2017-09-14AD96176ND
2018-06-25AE31125ND
2018-06-25AE31126ND