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Chromium (total)

Brookfield Water Utility

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.

 

79

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND390ND
2015ND220ND
2016N/A00N/A
2017ND170ND
2018N/A00N/A
2019ND10ND

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
2014-06-17797336ND
2014-06-17797339ND
2014-06-17797342ND
2014-06-17797346ND
2014-06-17797341ND
2014-06-17797340ND
2014-06-17797345ND
2014-06-17797338ND
2014-06-17797349ND
2014-06-17797344ND
2014-06-17797337ND
2014-06-17797351ND
2014-06-17797348ND
2014-06-17797350ND
2014-06-17797343ND
2014-06-17797347ND
2014-07-30806876ND
2014-08-12810132-12175ND
2014-08-12810155-12175ND
2014-08-12810167-12177ND
2014-08-12810136-12177ND
2014-08-12810141-12177ND
2014-08-12810163-12175ND
2014-08-12810171-12175ND
2014-08-12810200-12177ND
2014-08-12810159-12177ND
2014-08-13810470-12175ND
2014-08-13810484-12175ND
2014-08-13810466-12175ND
2014-08-13810462-12175ND
2014-08-13810500-12195ND
2014-08-13810488-12177ND
2014-08-13810492-12177ND
2014-08-13810474-12177ND
2014-08-14810988-12176ND
2014-08-14810993-12176ND
2014-08-14810990-12176ND
2014-08-14810984-12195ND
2014-08-14810986-12195ND
2015-02-24844989-13511ND
2015-02-24845001-13523ND
2015-02-24844980-13523ND
2015-02-24844991-13523ND
2015-02-24845003-13511ND
2015-02-24844993-13511ND
2015-02-24844987-13511ND
2015-02-24844999-13511ND
2015-02-24844995-13511ND
2015-02-24845005-13523ND
2015-02-24844997-13511ND
2015-02-24845007-13511ND
2015-02-24844982-13511ND
2015-02-24844984-13523ND
2015-02-25845357-13523ND
2015-02-25845355-13523ND
2015-02-25845367-13523ND
2015-02-25845365-13523ND
2015-02-25845363-13523ND
2015-02-25845359-13523ND
2015-02-25845361-13523ND
2015-03-18849367-13671ND
2017-03-22979234ND
2017-03-22979238ND
2017-03-22979229ND
2017-03-22979233ND
2017-03-22979230ND
2017-03-22979231ND
2017-03-22979237ND
2017-03-22979227ND
2017-03-22979240ND
2017-03-22979226ND
2017-03-22979232ND
2017-03-22979228ND
2017-03-22979236ND
2017-03-22979225ND
2017-03-22979241ND
2017-03-22979235ND
2017-03-22979239ND
2019-10-101154413ND