Strontium-89

Status: No national drinking water standard exists

Strontium-89 is a radioactive form of strontium, a metal that accumulates in the bones and can harm bone health. Click here to read more on radiological contaminants.

2014-2019:

FOUND

states detected

utilities detected

153,000

people served

Health concerns for strontium-89

Cancer

Harm to bones

States reporting strontium-89 in drinking water

	UTILITIES WITH CONTAMINATION
State	Utilities	People Served
Arkansas		14	147,581
Oklahoma		3	5,378

LESS

Utilities with the highest amounts of strontium-89, 2014-2019

ALL UTILITIES

LARGE UTILITIES

Utility	Location	Tests	Average level	People served
Cedarville	Cedarville, AR	1 of 18	0.03 pCi/L	8,423
Van Buren Waterworks*	Van Buren, AR	1 of 18	0.03 pCi/L	22,725
Highway 71 Water District #1 Public Water Authority*	Alma, AR	1 of 18	0.03 pCi/L	6,250
Concord Water & Sewer Pfb of Crawford County	Van Bure, AR	1 of 18	0.03 pCi/L	3,020
Winslow Waterworks	Winslow, AR	1 of 18	0.03 pCi/L	1,590
Fort Smith Water Utilities*	Fort Smith, AR	1 of 18	0.03 pCi/L	86,209
Barling Waterworks*	Barling, AR	1 of 18	0.03 pCi/L	4,583
Fcmtc Waterworks	Fort Chaffee, AR	1 of 18	0.03 pCi/L	500
Chester Water*	Chester, AR	1 of 18	0.03 pCi/L	205
Franklin-Sebatian Public Water Authority*	Lavaca, AR	1 of 18	0.03 pCi/L	0
Arkoma	Arkoma, OK	1 of 18	0.03 pCi/L	2,180
Sequoyah County Rural Water District #7	Muldrow, OK	1 of 18	0.03 pCi/L	2,948
Lee Creek Rural Water District	Muldrow, OK	1 of 18	0.03 pCi/L	250
Dardanelle*	Dardanelle, AR	1 of 10	0.01 pCi/L	4,228

* This water utility supplies finished drinking water to at least one other water utility. The purchasing utility is not required to test for or report Strontium-89, but it likely has the contaminant in its water supply.

Utility	Location	Tests	Average level	People served
Van Buren Waterworks*	Van Buren, AR	1 of 18	0.03 pCi/L	22,725
Fort Smith Water Utilities*	Fort Smith, AR	1 of 18	0.03 pCi/L	86,209