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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Chromium (total)

City of League City

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.

 

45

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND210ND
20152.49 ppb171ND - 42.4 ppb
2016ND10ND
2017ND30ND
2018ND10ND
2019ND20ND

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
2014-04-30AC52328ND
2014-08-19AC64256ND
2014-09-09Q1442411001ND
2014-09-09Q1442411035ND
2014-09-09Q1442411021ND
2014-09-09Q1442411005ND
2014-09-09Q1442411017ND
2014-09-09Q1442411009ND
2014-09-09Q1442411041ND
2014-09-09Q1442411029ND
2014-09-09Q1442411031ND
2014-09-09Q1442411039ND
2014-09-09Q1442411025ND
2014-09-09Q1442411037ND
2014-09-09Q1442411013ND
2014-09-09Q1442411033ND
2014-12-08Q1458833001ND
2014-12-08Q1458833005ND
2014-12-08Q1458833009ND
2014-12-08Q1458833011ND
2014-12-15AC75039ND
2015-03-17Q1509730001ND
2015-03-17Q1509730005ND
2015-03-17Q1509730033ND
2015-03-17Q1509730021ND
2015-03-17Q1509730013ND
2015-03-17Q1509730009ND
2015-03-17Q1509730037ND
2015-03-17Q1509730027ND
2015-03-17Q1509730025ND
2015-03-17Q1509730017ND
2015-03-17Q1509730029ND
2015-03-17Q1509730031ND
2015-03-17Q1509730035ND
2015-06-24Q1523686005ND
2015-06-24Q1523686011ND
2015-06-24Q152368600942.4 ppb
2015-06-24Q1523686001ND
2016-01-28AD20623ND
2017-05-02AD82054ND
2017-05-02AD82053ND
2017-09-19AD96734ND
2018-12-06AE48140ND
2019-01-23AE50867ND
2019-10-15AE86563ND