Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Germanium

City of Oak Harbor

NOTE: City of Oak Harbor purchases water from City of Anacortes which is required to test for germanium. Sample information shown below was taken by City of Anacortes.

Germanium is a naturally occuring element used as a component in semiconductors and fiber optics. Excessive exposures to germanium may harm the kidneys.

 

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
2018ND30ND
2019ND30ND
2020ND10ND
2021N/A00N/A
2022N/A00N/A
2023N/A00N/A

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: City of Oak Harbor purchases water from City of Anacortes which is required to test for germanium. Sample information shown below was taken by City of Anacortes.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-05-2118-17724-36372ND
2018-08-2018-31299-63519ND
2018-11-0918-42394-86198ND
2019-02-1419-05441-11078ND