Dicamba

Rio Linda/Alverta Community Water District

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.

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Samples

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

Year	Average result	Samples taken	Range of results
2014	N/A	0	N/A
2015	ND	20	ND
2016	N/A	0	N/A
2017	N/A	0	N/A
2018	ND	21	ND
2019	N/A	0	N/A

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date	Lab ID	Result
2015-05-20	5810-016-1127	ND
2015-05-20	5810-022-1159	ND
2015-05-20	5810-021-1050	ND
2015-05-20	5810-020-1024	ND
2015-05-20	5810-031-0926	ND
2015-05-20	5810-019-1230	ND
2015-05-20	5810-017-0856	ND
2015-06-03	5810-025-0825	ND
2015-07-30	5810-023-1321	ND
2015-07-30	5810-021-1126	ND
2015-07-30	5810-016-1205	ND
2015-07-30	5810-022-1232	ND
2015-07-30	5810-017-0920	ND
2015-07-30	5810-020-1053	ND
2015-07-30	5810-019-1300	ND
2015-07-30	5810-031-0950	ND
2015-09-17	5810-025-0918	ND
2015-09-17	5810-023-1152	ND
2015-10-28	5810-018-0929	ND
2015-12-02	5810-018-1230	ND
2018-05-16	5810-020-1421	ND
2018-05-16	5810-022-0908	ND
2018-05-16	5810-023-1010	ND
2018-05-16	5810-025-1320	ND
2018-05-16	5810-021-1454	ND
2018-05-16	5810-016-0936	ND
2018-05-16	5810-003-1346	ND
2018-05-16	5810-018-1127	ND
2018-05-16	5810-031-1315	ND
2018-05-16	5810-017-1046	ND
2018-05-17	5810-019-0839	ND
2018-07-25	5810-031-1007	ND
2018-07-25	5810-025-0828	ND
2018-07-25	5810-023-0805	ND
2018-07-25	5810-022-1333	ND
2018-07-25	5810-021-1212	ND
2018-07-25	5810-020-1130	ND
2018-07-25	5810-019-1355	ND
2018-07-25	5810-018-0945	ND
2018-07-25	5810-017-0922	ND
2018-07-25	5810-016-1257	ND