Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

MTBE

Cook Springs Water Authority

NOTE: Cook Springs Water Authority purchases water from Odenville which is required to test for mtbe. Sample information shown below was taken by Odenville.

MTBE was used as gasoline oxygenation additive to boost the octane number. In 2005, MTBE was replaced by ethanol as a gasoline additive. MTBE causes cancers in rats.

 

35

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019ND10ND
2020ND10ND
2021ND10ND
2022ND10ND
2023ND10ND

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EWG Health Guideline: 13 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 13 ppb for MTBE 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 cancer.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: Cook Springs Water Authority purchases water from Odenville which is required to test for mtbe. Sample information shown below was taken by Odenville.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-02-121802-00225-4ND
2018-02-121802-00225-7ND
2018-02-231802-00412-2ND
2018-04-021804-00026-12AND
2018-04-021804-00026-16AND
2018-08-141808-00215-004ND
2018-08-141808-00215-007ND
2018-11-151811-00326-003ND
2018-11-151811-00326-006ND
2018-11-151811-00326-008ND
2019-02-111902-00119-003ND
2019-02-111902-00119-010ND
2019-02-111902-00119-006ND
2019-05-131905-00211-014ND
2019-05-131905-00211-018ND
2019-08-151908-00227-005ND
2019-08-151908-00227-008ND
2019-11-121911-00174-001ND
2019-11-121911-0074-005ND
2019-11-121911-00174-012ND
2019-11-121911-00174-009ND
2019-11-121911-00174-006ND
2019-11-121911-00174-004ND
2019-11-121911-00174-002ND
2020-02-122002-00224-004ND
2020-02-122002-00224-009ND
2020-02-122002-00224-012ND
2020-05-112005-00172-010ND
2020-05-112005-00172-014ND
2020-08-102008-00136-011AND
2020-10-202010-00131-001AND
2021-02-082102-00117-001AND
2023-08-152308-00319-006ND
2023-11-162311-00366-001ND
2023-11-162311-00366-002ND