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Flint Secondary Water Source Project community data summary

This pages shows a summary of water test results completed for the Flint Secondary Water Source Project. Water samples were collected throughout the community from multiple sampling events. Sampling events are the times when the water sampling teams comes to collect water samples.

Select the sampling event you are interested in reviewing. Each sampling event will show a summary table with the most recent test results data that has been processed. As new results are processed, a new sampling event table will be added with those results. These results do not provide, and are not meant to be, a complete summary of the findings. The initial sampling report can be seen on the Community Results Summary page. MDHHS is developing a final report to summarize the complete findings from the drinking water sampling program. The final report will be posted on this website when available. 

The Learn more link in the summary table will direct viewers to the "Important Information on the Water Quality Parameters Measured in Your Water" fact sheet. There you can learn more about each parameter that was tested. Parameters are the metals, chemicals, or other water characteristics measured in your water.

MDHHS Follow-up Sampling Event 5 (May 2, 2024 - May 4, 2023)

Section 1: Metals

Parameter Number of locations sampled (number of initial samples/numbers of flushed samples) Median Initial Samples (mg/L) Lowest Initial Samples (mg/L) Highest Initial Samples (mg/L) Median Flushed Samples (mg/L) Lowest Flushed Samples (mg/L) Highest Flushed Samples (mg/L) US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) Drinking Water Value (mg/L) Health-based Level (mg/L)
Aluminum 46 ( 46 / 46) ND ND 0.16 ND ND ND 0.05-0.20 (J) 0.3 (D)
Antimony 46 ( 46 / 46 ) ND ND ND ND ND ND 0.006 (F) 0.0028 (B: chronic for children)
Arsenic 46 ( 46 / 46 ) ND ND ND ND ND ND 0.01(F) 0 (G)
Barium 46 ( 46 / 46 ) 0.013 ND 0.016 0.013 ND 0.014 2 (F) 0.7 (E: 1/10- day for children)
Beryllium 46 ( 46 / 46 ) ND ND ND ND ND ND 0.004 (F) 0.004 (G)
Boron 46 ( 46 / 46 ) ND ND ND ND ND ND Value not established 1.4 (C: chronic for children)
Cadmium 46 ( 46 / 46 ) ND ND ND ND ND ND 0.005 (F) 0.0007 (C: chronic for children)
Chromium, total 46 ( 46 / 46 ) ND ND ND ND ND ND 0.1 (F) 0.0063 (C: chronic for children, Cr (VI))1
Copper 46 ( 46 / 46 ) ND ND 0.18 ND ND ND

1.3 (A)
1.0 (J)

0.07 (C: acute/ intermediate for children) 1.3 (G)2
Iron 46 ( 46 / 46 ) ND ND 1.2 ND ND ND 0.30 (J) 2 (D)
Lead 46 ( 46 / 46 ) ND ND ND ND ND ND 0.015 (A) 0 (G)
Manganese 46 ( 46 / 46 ) ND ND ND ND ND ND 0.05 (J) 0.3 (E: lifetime)
Molybdenum 46 ( 46 / 46 ) ND ND ND ND ND ND Value not established 0.035 (B: chronic for children)
Nickel 46 ( 46 / 46 ) ND ND ND ND ND ND Value not established 0.1 (E: lifetime)
Selenium 46 ( 46 / 46 ) ND ND ND ND ND ND 0.05 (F) 0.035 (B, C: chronic for children)
Silver 46 ( 46 / 46 ) ND ND ND ND ND ND 0.1 (J) 0.035 (C: children - chronic for children)
Thallium 46 ( 46 / 46 ) ND ND ND ND ND ND 0.002 (F) 0.0002 (I)
Tin 46 ( 46 / 46 ) ND ND ND ND ND ND Value not established 2.1 (C: intermediate children)
Vanadium 46 ( 46 / 46) ND ND ND ND ND ND Value not established 0.0045 (D)
Zinc 46 ( 46 / 46 ) ND ND 0.26 ND ND 0.047 5 (J) 2 (E: lifetime)

Section 2: Disinfectants, Disinfection Byproducts, and Bacteria

Parameter Number of locations sampled (number of initial samples/numbers of flushed samples) Median Initial Samples (mg/L) Lowest Initial Samples (mg/L) Highest Initial Samples (mg/L) Median Flushed Samples (mg/L) Lowest Flushed Samples (mg/L) Highest Flushed Samples (mg/L) US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) Drinking Water Value (mg/L) Health-based Level (mg/L)
Chlorine (as Il2, mg/L) 46 ( 43 / 47 ) 1.20 0.03 2.26 1.56 0.02 2.78 4 (H) Learn more
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5, µg/L) 46 ( 47 / 46 ) 14.01 ND 31.5 13.33 ND 23.8 60 (F) Learn more
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs, µg/L) 46 ( 46 / 46 ) 23 12 88 19 14 37 80 (F) Learn more

Section 3: General Chemistry

Parameter Number of locations sampled (number of initial samples/numbers of flushed samples) Median Initial Samples (mg/L) Lowest Initial Samples (mg/L) Highest Initial Samples (mg/L) Median Flushed Samples (mg/L) Lowest Flushed Samples (mg/L) Highest Flushed Samples (mg/L) US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) Drinking Water Value (mg/L) Health-based Level (mg/L)
Calcium (mg/L) 46 ( 46 / 46 ) 26 ND 27 26 ND 28 Learn more Learn more
Chloride (mg/L) 46 ( 46 / 46 ) 9.9 9.3 11 9.8 9.2 11 250 (F) Learn more
Specific Conductance (µmhos/cm) 46 ( 46 / 46 ) 230 220 240 230 220 240 Learn more Learn more
Hardness (as mg/L of CaCO3) 46 ( 46 / 46 ) 96 ND 100 96 ND 100 Learn more Learn more
Magnesium (mg/L) 46 ( 46 / 46 ) 7.5 ND 8.4 7.5 ND 7.6 Learn more 400 (D)
Orthophosphate (mg/L) 46 ( 46 / 46 ) 1.1 0.65 12 1.2 1.1 1.2 Learn more Learn more
pH (SU) 46 ( 43 / 47 ) 7.53 6.94 8.58 7.53 6.97 8.13 6.5 - 8.5 (F) Learn more
Sodium (mg/L) 46 ( 46 / 46 ) 6.7 5.8 45 6.7 5.5 45 Learn more Learn more
Sulfate (mg/L) 46 ( 46 / 46 ) 19 18 21 19 18 21 250 (F) 500 (E)
Total Alkalinity (mg/L) 46 ( 46 / 46 ) 73 70 92 73 69 92 Learn more Learn more
Turbidity (NTU) 46 ( 46 / 46 ) ND ND 2.7 ND ND ND Learn more Learn more

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