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Isobutane

Status: No national drinking water standard exists

 

Isobutane is a volatile hydrocarbon gas used as a refrigerant.

2017-2019:

FOUND

1

states detected

18

utilities detected

43,219

people served

States reporting isobutane in drinking water

UTILITIES WITH CONTAMINATION
State UtilitiesPeople Served
Texas1843,219
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Utilities with the highest amounts of isobutane, 2017-2019

ALL UTILITIES
LARGE UTILITIES
UtilityLocationTestsAverage levelPeople served
West Harris County Municipal Utility District 11Houston, TX2 of 238.0 ppb8,205
Bluff Dale Water Supply CorporationBluff Dale, TX2 of 236.8 ppb250
Benbrook Village Mobile Home ParkGlendale, TX2 of 225.3 ppb279
Mesa Ridge SubdivisionAustin, TX1 of 120.2 ppb219
Mesa Grande Water Supply CorporationGranbury, TX2 of 218.7 ppb423
Louetta Road Utility District*Houston, TX1 of 117.0 ppb1,389
Northwest Harris County Municipal Utility District 23Bellaire, TX5 of 515.1 ppb3,528
Harris County Municipal Utility District 368Houston, TX4 of 413.0 ppb9,906
Lake Country AcresAustin, TX1 of 110.4 ppb462
City of RefugioRefugio, TX1 of 19.00 ppb2,834
City of Granbury*Granbury, TX1 of 18.26 ppb11,300
Harris County Municipal Utility District 58Houston, TX1 of 17.80 ppb1,800
Clayton Water Supply Corporation Plant 3 and 7Clayton, TX2 of 26.44 ppb408
Happy Hill Farm AcademyGranbury, TX1 of 15.95 ppb238
Minerva Water Supply CorporationRockdale, TX5 of 55.78 ppb276
Wright City Water Supply Corporation 1Troup, TX2 of 25.69 ppb1,242
City of EdenEden, TX1 of 14.70 ppb2,766
Sky Harbour Water Supply CorporationGranbury, TX3 of 34.00 ppb1,284
Jackson Water Supply CorporationTyler, TX4 of 43.87 ppb4,629
Bilma Public Utility DistrictHouston, TX1 of 13.70 ppb5,028

* 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 Isobutane, but it likely has the contaminant in its water supply.

UtilityLocationTestsAverage levelPeople served
City of Granbury*Granbury, TX1 of 18.26 ppb11,300

* 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 Isobutane, but it likely has the contaminant in its water supply.