Butyl citrate
Status: No national drinking water standard exists
Butyl citrate is an industrial chemical.
2017-2019:
FOUND
1
states detected
11
utilities detected
52,395
people served
States reporting butyl citrate in drinking water
UTILITIES WITH CONTAMINATION | |||
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State | Utilities | People Served | |
Texas | 11 | 52,395 |
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Utilities with the highest amounts of butyl citrate, 2017-2019
ALL UTILITIES
LARGE UTILITIES
* 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 Butyl citrate, but it likely has the contaminant in its water supply.
Utility | Location | Tests | Average level | People served |
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City of Bellmead | Bellmead, TX | 2 of 2 | 5.00 ppb | 10,052 |
Langham Creek Utility District* | Houston, TX | 1 of 1 | 2.60 ppb | 10,377 |
Harris County MUD 168 | Sugar Land, TX | 1 of 1 | 2.60 ppb | 13,029 |
Montgomery Trace Water System | Navasota, TX | 1 of 1 | 2.60 ppb | 12,180 |
* 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 Butyl citrate, but it likely has the contaminant in its water supply.