Manganese

City of Pflugerville

Manganese is a naturally occurring element that is common in food and drinking water. Excessive manganese exposures may impair children's attention, memory and intellectual capacity. Click here to read more about manganese.

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Samples

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

Year	Average result	Samples taken	Detections	Range of results
2014	ND	1	0	ND
2015	ND	1	0	ND
2016	2.37 ppb	3	2	ND - 6.00 ppb
2017	0.500 ppb	2	1	ND - 1.000 ppb
2018	0.0270 ppb	74	1	ND - 2.00 ppb
2019	1.23 ppb	7	4	ND - 4.70 ppb

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

EWG Health Guideline 100 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 100 ppb for manganese was defined by the state of Minnesota as a health risk limit, the concentration of a contaminant that can be consumed with little or no risk to health. This health guideline protects against harm to the brain and nervous system.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date	Lab ID	Result
2014-03-12	AC46694	ND
2015-02-11	AC80133	ND
2016-02-08	AD22385	ND
2016-04-28	AD34593	6.00 ppb
2016-11-29	AD59315	1.10 ppb
2017-01-24	AD66351	1.000 ppb
2017-01-24	AD66334	ND
2018-01-09	B001019-09	ND
2018-01-09	B001019-10	ND
2018-01-09	B001019-11	ND
2018-01-09	B001019-12	ND
2018-01-09	B001019-13	ND
2018-01-09	B001019-08	ND
2018-01-09	B001019-06	ND
2018-01-09	B001019-07	ND
2018-01-09	B001019-05	ND
2018-01-09	B001019-04	ND
2018-01-09	B001019-02	ND
2018-01-09	B001019-03	ND
2018-03-13	B005721-12	ND
2018-03-13	B005721-13	ND
2018-03-13	B005721-11	ND
2018-03-13	B005721-10	ND
2018-03-13	B005721-09	ND
2018-03-13	B005721-08	ND
2018-03-13	B005721-06	ND
2018-03-13	B005721-05	ND
2018-03-13	B005721-04	ND
2018-03-13	B005721-03	2.00 ppb
2018-03-13	B005721-02	ND
2018-03-13	B005721-07	ND
2018-04-10	B008405-08	ND
2018-04-10	B008405-06	ND
2018-04-10	B008405-05	ND
2018-04-10	B008405-04	ND
2018-04-10	B008405-11	ND
2018-04-10	B008405-02	ND
2018-04-10	B008405-01	ND
2018-04-10	B008405-12	ND
2018-04-10	B008405-09	ND
2018-04-10	B008405-10	ND
2018-04-10	B008405-03	ND
2018-04-10	B008405-07	ND
2018-05-29	B012743-11	ND
2018-05-29	B012743-13	ND
2018-05-29	B012743-08	ND
2018-05-29	B012743-07	ND
2018-05-29	B012743-06	ND
2018-05-29	B012743-05	ND
2018-05-29	B012743-04	ND
2018-05-29	B012743-03	ND
2018-05-29	B012743-02	ND
2018-05-29	B012743-10	ND
2018-05-29	B012743-09	ND
2018-05-29	B012743-12	ND
2018-08-14	AE36781	ND
2018-09-04	B021660-12	ND
2018-09-04	B021660-10	ND
2018-09-04	B021660-11	ND
2018-09-04	B021660-08	ND
2018-09-04	B021660-07	ND
2018-09-04	B021660-06	ND
2018-09-04	B021660-05	ND
2018-09-04	B021660-04	ND
2018-09-04	B021660-03	ND
2018-09-04	B021660-02	ND
2018-09-04	B021660-01	ND
2018-09-04	B021660-09	ND
2018-09-04	B021660-13	ND
2018-11-05	B028128-08	ND
2018-11-05	B028128-12	ND
2018-11-05	B028128-13	ND
2018-11-05	B028128-11	ND
2018-11-05	B028128-10	ND
2018-11-05	B028128-01	ND
2018-11-05	B028128-03	ND
2018-11-05	B028128-04	ND
2018-11-05	B028128-05	ND
2018-11-05	B028128-06	ND
2018-11-05	B028128-07	ND
2018-11-05	B028128-09	ND
2019-02-14	AE54528	ND
2019-02-14	AE54527	4.70 ppb
2019-08-19	AE79192	ND
2019-08-28	35494033001SEA1	1.50 ppb
2019-08-28	35494033002SEA1	ND
2019-08-28	35494033003SEA1	1.20 ppb
2019-11-21	35514272001SEA2	1.20 ppb
2020-02-05	35528900001SEA3	1.50 ppb
2020-06-03	35554351001SEA4	0.780 ppb