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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Chromium (total)

Jonah Water SUD

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.

 

47

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20130.0915 ppb3011ND - 0.440 ppb
2014ND40ND
2015N/A00N/A
2016ND40ND
2017ND50ND
2018N/A00N/A
2019ND40ND

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
2013-05-28Q13015510250.440 ppb
2013-05-28Q13015510230.200 ppb
2013-05-28Q1301551009ND
2013-05-28Q1301551021ND
2013-05-28Q1301551011ND
2013-05-28Q13015510130.202 ppb
2013-05-28Q13015510150.299 ppb
2013-05-28Q1301551027ND
2013-05-28Q13015510170.200 ppb
2013-05-28Q13015510190.216 ppb
2013-05-28Q1301551003ND
2013-05-28Q13015510010.299 ppb
2013-05-28Q13015510070.217 ppb
2013-05-28Q13015510050.246 ppb
2013-08-15Q1305575003ND
2013-08-15Q1305575001ND
2013-11-05Q13114700010.214 ppb
2013-11-05Q13114700050.213 ppb
2013-11-05Q1311470003ND
2013-11-05Q1311470015ND
2013-11-05Q1311470007ND
2013-11-05Q1311470027ND
2013-11-05Q1311470019ND
2013-11-05Q1311470025ND
2013-11-05Q1311470023ND
2013-11-05Q1311470021ND
2013-11-05Q1311470011ND
2013-11-05Q1311470009ND
2013-11-05Q1311470013ND
2013-11-05Q1311470017ND
2014-02-24Q1405747003ND
2014-02-24Q1405747001ND
2014-04-30AC52332ND
2014-04-30AC52331ND
2016-02-10AD22958ND
2016-05-26AD38444ND
2016-05-26AD38445ND
2016-09-13AD49025ND
2017-02-13AD70310ND
2017-02-13AD70308ND
2017-02-13AD70313ND
2017-02-13AD70311ND
2017-05-01AD81723ND
2019-03-14AE58390ND
2019-03-14AE58388ND
2019-03-14AE58389ND
2019-03-14AE58391ND