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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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tert-Butylbenzene

Status: No national drinking water standard exists

 

tert-Butylbenzene is an industrial chemical.

2017-2019:

FOUND

4

states detected

13

utilities detected

16,562

people served

States reporting tert-butylbenzene in drinking water

UTILITIES WITH CONTAMINATION
State UtilitiesPeople Served
New York109,242
Ohio16,400
Pennsylvania1750
Wisconsin1170
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LESS

Utilities with the highest amounts of tert-butylbenzene, 2017-2019

ALL UTILITIES
LARGE UTILITIES
UtilityLocationTestsAverage levelPeople served
Charles Cole Memorial HospitalCoudersport, PA1 of 21.62 ppb750
Ausable Heights Water SystemKeeseville, NY1 of 10.500 ppb46
Peshtigo WaterworksPeshtigo, WI1 of 10.280 ppb3,449
Peace of Mind EstatesSpringfield, MO1 of 20.275 ppb60
City of Mount CalmMount Calm, TX1 of 50.240 ppb447
Cape Girardeau County Public Water Supply District 4Cape Girardeau, MO1 of 40.128 ppb1,575
Silver Lake Institute - Castile Water District #1, NY1 of 40.125 ppb440
Perry Center Water DistrictPerry, NY1 of 40.125 ppb150
Gardeau Water DistrictCastile, NY1 of 40.125 ppb60
Perry Village*, NY1 of 40.125 ppb4,348
Carl Junction PWSCarl Junction, MO1 of 160.0650 ppb7,445
Farm-to-market AssociatesBrewster, NY1 of 90.0556 ppb48
Springhill Mobile Home ParkWappingers Falls, NY1 of 90.0556 ppb150
St Croix Meadows Mobile Home ParkHoulton, WI1 of 20.0550 ppb170
Springport Water District #1 - NorthCayuga, NY1 of 240.0208 ppb500
Springport Water District #1 - SouthCayuga, NY1 of 240.0208 ppb500
Union Springs Village*Union Springs, NY1 of 240.0208 ppb3,000
Milford City Public Water SystemMilford, OH1 of 570.00877 ppb6,400
Hicksville WDHicksville, NY1 of 1,3920.000718 ppb48,000

* 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 tert-Butylbenzene, but it likely has the contaminant in its water supply.

UtilityLocationTestsAverage levelPeople served
Hicksville WDHicksville, NY1 of 1,3920.000718 ppb48,000