Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Lithium

City of Ballinger

Lithium occurs naturally in soil and rock. It is a pollutant from mining and industrial manufacturing of metals, ceramics and batteries. Ingesting too much lithium can lead to symptoms like abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting.

 

4

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2013N/A00N/A
2014N/A00N/A
2015N/A00N/A
2016N/A00N/A
2017N/A00N/A
2018N/A00N/A
2019N/A00N/A
2020N/A00N/A
2021N/A00N/A
2022N/A00N/A
202361.9 ppb4451.9 ppb - 83.0 ppb
2024N/A00N/A

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2023-02-21101701P53.3 ppb
2023-05-17104311P51.9 ppb
2023-08-23107225P59.5 ppb
2023-11-20110075P83.0 ppb