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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Chromium (total)

Livingston Twp Div of Water

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.

 

38

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20141.44 ppb2423ND - 3.66 ppb
20150.235 ppb43ND - 0.370 ppb
2016N/A00N/A
20171.60 ppb98ND - 3.52 ppb
2018N/A00N/A
20190.973 ppb110.973 ppb

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
2014-08-06DWS064-12.89 ppb
2014-08-06DWS064-101.60 ppb
2014-08-06DWS064-92.50 ppb
2014-08-06DWS064-81.03 ppb
2014-08-06DWS064-70.505 ppb
2014-08-06DWS064-61.09 ppb
2014-08-06DWS064-50.834 ppb
2014-08-06DWS064-3ND
2014-08-06DWS064-21.64 ppb
2014-08-06DWS064-43.66 ppb
2014-09-0228653-1A1.26 ppb
2014-10-2220360480041.80 ppb
2014-10-2220360480073.00 ppb
2014-10-2220360480161.50 ppb
2014-10-2220360480312.10 ppb
2014-10-2220360480221.20 ppb
2014-10-2220360480251.50 ppb
2014-10-2220360480131.40 ppb
2014-10-2220360480190.800 ppb
2014-10-2220360480010.830 ppb
2014-10-2220360480100.850 ppb
2014-10-2220360480370.360 ppb
2014-10-2220360480282.00 ppb
2014-10-2220360480340.290 ppb
2015-01-2120507030010.200 ppb
2015-01-212050703004ND
2015-07-2820858900010.370 ppb
2015-07-2820858900040.370 ppb
2017-08-15DWSC3709-42.34 ppb
2017-08-15DWSC3709-31.51 ppb
2017-08-15DWSC3709-52.68 ppb
2017-08-15DWSC3709-21.32 ppb
2017-08-15DWSC3709-13.52 ppb
2017-08-22DWSC3759-2ND
2017-08-22DWSC3759-30.843 ppb
2017-08-22DWSC3759-10.804 ppb
2017-09-06DWSC3849-21.42 ppb
2019-08-2019081913-0010.973 ppb