Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Dicamba

Decatur Waterworks

NOTE: Decatur Waterworks purchases water from Benton - Washington Regional Public Water Authority which is required to test for dicamba. Sample information shown below was taken by Benton - Washington Regional Public Water Authority.

Dicamba is a herbicide sold for agricultural and residential uses. Dicamba-resistant GMO corn and soybeans are currently being marketed, indicating that dicamba spraying will increase across the U.S. Dicamba harms the brain and nervous system, and may also harm reproduction and child development.

 

3

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND30ND
2019N/A00N/A
2020ND10ND
2021ND10ND
2022N/A00N/A
2023ND20ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: Decatur Waterworks purchases water from Benton - Washington Regional Public Water Authority which is required to test for dicamba. Sample information shown below was taken by Benton - Washington Regional Public Water Authority.

Date Lab ID Result
2020-04-1420107008802ND
2023-01-02O204668-MCP-1ND
2023-04-11O207787-MCP-1ND