Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

City of Tumwater

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.

 

22

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20140.0845 ppb11110.0570 ppb - 0.159 ppb
20150.0775 ppb11110.0570 ppb - 0.138 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
2014-08-13WA97-SE1-14-15517-359110.140 ppb
2014-08-13WA97-SE1-14-15517-359100.0660 ppb
2014-08-13WA97-SE1-14-15517-359070.0760 ppb
2014-08-13WA97-SE1-14-15517-359090.0600 ppb
2014-08-13WA97-SE1-14-15517-359080.159 ppb
2014-08-20WA97-SE1-14-16401-379200.0760 ppb
2014-08-20WA97-SE1-14-16401-379190.0660 ppb
2014-08-20WA97-SE1-14-16401-379180.0570 ppb
2014-08-20WA97-SE1-14-16401-379170.0710 ppb
2014-08-20WA97-SE1-14-16401-379210.0890 ppb
2014-08-20WA97-SE1-14-16401-379160.0700 ppb
2015-02-11WA97-SE1-15-02700-63560.0720 ppb
2015-02-11WA97-SE1-15-02700-63570.0610 ppb
2015-02-11WA97-SE2-15-02700-63590.0600 ppb
2015-02-11WA97-SE2-15-02700-63600.0570 ppb
2015-02-11WA97-SE1-15-02700-63580.138 ppb
2015-02-11WA97-SE2-15-02700-63620.0630 ppb
2015-02-11WA97-SE2-15-02700-63660.0874 ppb
2015-02-11WA97-SE2-15-02700-63650.0756 ppb
2015-02-11WA97-SE2-15-02700-63640.0703 ppb
2015-02-11WA97-SE2-15-02700-63630.0590 ppb
2015-02-11WA97-SE2-15-02700-63610.109 ppb