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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Chromium (total)

Reynolds Plantation

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.

 

48

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND50ND
2015ND160ND
2016ND10ND
2017ND50ND
2018ND210ND
2019N/A00N/A

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
2014-11-04AI59063ND
2014-11-04AI59062ND
2014-11-04AI59061ND
2014-12-16AI61674ND
2014-12-16AI61672ND
2015-05-11AI76888ND
2015-05-11AI76885ND
2015-05-11AI76886ND
2015-05-11AI76887ND
2015-05-11AI76889ND
2015-05-11AI76890ND
2015-05-11AI76891ND
2015-05-11AI76892ND
2015-05-11AI76893ND
2015-05-11AI76894ND
2015-05-12AI77055ND
2015-05-12AI77054ND
2015-05-12AI77052ND
2015-05-12AI77051ND
2015-05-13AI77180ND
2015-05-20AI77825ND
2016-12-12AJ36668ND
2017-12-07AJ75165ND
2017-12-07AJ75166ND
2017-12-26AJ75947ND
2017-12-26AJ75946ND
2017-12-26AJ75945ND
2018-08-09AJ97376ND
2018-08-09AJ97366ND
2018-08-09AJ97367ND
2018-08-09AJ97368ND
2018-08-09AJ97369ND
2018-08-09AJ97370ND
2018-08-09AJ97371ND
2018-08-09AJ97372ND
2018-08-09AJ97373ND
2018-08-09AJ97374ND
2018-08-09AJ97375ND
2018-08-09AJ97377ND
2018-08-09AJ97378ND
2018-08-09AJ97379ND
2018-08-09AJ97380ND
2018-08-09AJ97381ND
2018-08-09AJ97382ND
2018-08-09AJ97383ND
2018-08-09AJ97384ND
2018-12-20AK08523ND
2018-12-20AK08524ND