Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

Trophy Club Municipal Utility District 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.

 

8

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20140.338 ppb880.276 ppb - 0.405 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 Lab ID Result
2014-01-20303883P0.276 ppb
2014-01-20103776F0.295 ppb
2014-04-21306681P0.298 ppb
2014-04-21106605Q0.308 ppb
2014-07-23307952P0.360 ppb
2014-07-23107845F0.370 ppb
2014-10-21109458P0.392 ppb
2014-10-21309374P0.405 ppb