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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Diquat

City of Peoria

Diquat is a herbicide used on potato crops and aquatic weeds.

 

86

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND30ND
2015ND90ND
2016ND350ND
2017ND50ND
2018ND20ND
2019ND320ND

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

EWG Health Guideline 6 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 6 ppb for diquat was defined by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a public health goal, the level of a drinking water contaminant that does not pose a significant health risk. This health guideline protects against cataracts.

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL) 20 ppb

The legal limit for diquat, established in 1992, was based on a toxicity study in laboratory animals conducted in the 1980s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2014-01-174011487-01SND
2014-01-234011943-01SND
2014-02-274022138-01SND
2015-01-055010201-01ND
2015-01-075010504-01ND
2015-03-195031670-01SND
2015-06-055060626-01ND
2015-06-125061244-01ND
2015-08-205081923-01ND
2015-08-275082527-01SND
2015-10-285102800-01SND
2015-12-145121262-01ND
2016-01-046010144-01SND
2016-01-056010305-01SND
2016-01-216011843-01SND
2016-01-216011842-01SND
2016-01-216011840-01SND
2016-01-286012411-01SND
2016-01-286012409-01SND
2016-01-286012405-01SND
2016-02-046020544-01SND
2016-02-046020542-01SND
2016-02-046020543-01SND
2016-02-096022581-01SND
2016-02-186021795-01SND
2016-02-256022383-01SND
2016-03-166031476-01ND
2016-04-206041795-01SND
2016-04-286042448-01SND
2016-07-266072334-01SND
2016-07-266072331-01SND
2016-08-096080918-01SND
2016-08-226082034-01SND
2016-08-226082033-01SND
2016-08-226082032-02ND
2016-08-226082019-01SND
2016-08-236082147-01SND
2016-08-236082147-01ND
2016-08-246082288-01IND
2016-08-246082287-01SND
2016-08-246082285-01SND
2016-08-306082681-01SND
2016-08-306082679-01SND
2016-08-306082672-01SND
2016-08-316082807-01ND
2016-08-316082802-01ND
2016-11-106111045-01SND
2017-02-277022361-03ND
2017-03-157031383-03SND
2017-03-217031852-01ND
2017-03-217031845-03ND
2017-04-257042401-02ND
2018-03-2718C2553-01 SOCND
2018-09-1118I0989-02ND
2019-01-1719A1957-01 SOCND
2019-01-1719A1954-01 SOCND
2019-01-2919A3026-01 SOCND
2019-01-2919A3025-01 SOCND
2019-01-3019A3163-01 SOCND
2019-01-3119A3306-01 SOCND
2019-01-3119A3305-01 SOCND
2019-02-2619B2690-01 SOCND
2019-02-2619B2685-01 SOCND
2019-02-2819B2956-01 SOCND
2019-02-2819B2953-01 SOCND
2019-03-1219C1206-01 SOCND
2019-03-2819C2983-01 SOCND
2019-06-0719F0858-01 SOCND
2019-07-1819G2328-02 SOCND
2019-07-1919G2462-01ND
2019-07-2319G2771-01ND
2019-07-2319G2770-01ND
2019-07-2419G2921-01ND
2019-07-2419G2920-01ND
2019-07-2519G3062-01ND
2019-07-2519G3060-02ND
2019-07-2619G3161-01ND
2019-07-2919G3296-01ND
2019-07-3019G3448-01ND
2019-07-3019G3439-02ND
2019-07-3119G3574-01 SOCND
2019-08-0219H0194-01ND
2019-09-0619I0732-01ND
2019-10-3119J3591-01ND
2019-12-0619L0869-02 SOCND
2019-12-1119L1502-01ND