Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

Barre City Water System

Strontium is a metal that accumulates in the bones. Radioactive strontium-90 can cause bone cancer and leukemia, and any form of strontium at high doses can harm bone health.

 

8

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20140.106 ppb660.0880 ppb - 0.120 ppb
20150.0990 ppb220.0980 ppb - 0.1000 ppb
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: 1,500 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 1,500 ppb for strontium was defined by the Environmental Protection Agency as a benchmark for testing under the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule program. This health guideline protects against harm to bones.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2014-01-22A4A0076-01A0.0890 ppb
2014-01-22A4A0076-05A0.0880 ppb
2014-04-15A4D0973-03A0.110 ppb
2014-04-15A4D0973-01A0.110 ppb
2014-07-21A4G1008-06A0.120 ppb
2014-07-21A4G1008-01A0.120 ppb
2015-04-27A5D1709-04A0.1000 ppb
2015-04-27A5D1709-01A0.0980 ppb