Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Cobalt

East Montana Water System

NOTE: East Montana Water System purchases water from El Paso Water Utilities which is required to test for cobalt. Sample information shown below was taken by El Paso Water Utilities.

Cobalt is a metal found throughout the environment; people may be exposed to cobalt in air, food and drinking water.

 

70

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2013ND80ND
2014ND20ND
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: 70 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 70 ppb for cobalt was defined by the Environmental Protection Agency as a benchmark for testing under the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule program. This health guideline protects against change in blood chemistry.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: East Montana Water System purchases water from El Paso Water Utilities which is required to test for cobalt. Sample information shown below was taken by El Paso Water Utilities.

Date Lab ID Result
2013-05-061305200-001AND
2013-05-061305198-001AND
2013-05-061305193-001AND
2013-05-061305199-001AND
2013-05-061305201-001AND
2013-05-061305197-001AND
2013-05-061305191-001AND
2013-05-061305195-001AND
2013-05-061305196-001AND
2013-05-061305194-001AND
2013-05-061305192-001AND
2013-05-071305231-001DND
2013-05-071305228-001DND
2013-05-071305230-001DND
2013-05-071305229-001DND
2013-05-071305232-001DND
2013-05-081305299-001DND
2013-05-081305297-001DND
2013-05-081305295-001DND
2013-05-081305298-001DND
2013-05-081305294-001DND
2013-05-091305296-001DND
2013-05-141305448-001DND
2013-05-141305449-001DND
2013-05-151305493-001DND
2013-05-151305491-001DND
2013-05-151305492-001DND
2013-05-151305490-001DND
2013-05-151305489-001DND
2013-05-211305665-001DND
2013-07-301308024-001AND
2013-07-301308027-001AND
2013-07-301308025-001AND
2013-08-281308996-001CND
2013-08-281308995-001CND
2013-11-111311348-001AND
2013-11-111311342-001CND
2013-11-111311341-001CND
2013-11-111311347-001AND
2013-11-111311356-001AND
2013-11-111311350-001AND
2013-11-111311346-001AND
2013-11-111311345-001AND
2013-11-111311352-001AND
2013-11-111311355-001AND
2013-11-111311354-001AND
2013-11-111311353-001AND
2013-11-111311351-001AND
2013-11-111311349-001AND
2013-11-121311393-001DND
2013-11-121311396-001DND
2013-11-121311392-001DND
2013-11-121311395-001DND
2013-11-121311394-001DND
2013-11-121311397-001DND
2013-11-121311391-001DND
2013-11-131311491-001DND
2013-11-131311492-001DND
2013-11-131311490-001DND
2013-11-191311634-001DND
2013-11-191311633-001DND
2013-11-201311724-001DND
2013-11-201311723-001DND
2013-11-201311725-001DND
2013-11-201311721-001DND
2013-11-201311727-001DND
2013-11-201311726-001DND
2013-11-211311722-001DND
2014-02-171402608-001CND
2014-02-171402609-001CND