Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

City of West Richland

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.

 

18

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20130.169 ppb660.0238 ppb - 0.281 ppb
20140.139 ppb12120.0240 ppb - 0.303 ppb
20150.0987 ppb660.0860 ppb - 0.113 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
2013-10-07WA97-SE1-13-19288-437680.125 ppb
2013-10-07WA97-SE1-13-19288-437650.0238 ppb
2013-10-07WA97-SE1-13-19288-437670.260 ppb
2013-10-07WA97-SE1-13-19288-437660.123 ppb
2013-10-07WA97-SE1-13-19288-437640.281 ppb
2013-10-17WA97-SE1-13-19288-437630.201 ppb
2014-01-15WA97-SE2-14-00933-24390.132 ppb
2014-01-15WA97-SE2-14-00933-24400.169 ppb
2014-04-10WA97-SE2-14-06353-153870.303 ppb
2014-04-10WA97-SE2-14-06353-153920.0870 ppb
2014-04-10WA97-SE2-14-06353-153910.215 ppb
2014-04-10WA97-SE2-14-06353-153930.125 ppb
2014-04-10WA97-SE2-14-06353-153880.0240 ppb
2014-04-10WA97-SE2-14-06353-153860.185 ppb
2014-04-10WA97-SE2-14-06353-153900.122 ppb
2014-04-10WA97-SE2-14-06353-153890.103 ppb
2014-07-07WA97-SE4-14-12445-292800.0890 ppb
2014-07-07WA97-SE4-14-12445-292790.115 ppb