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Chloroform

Sonoma County Water Agency

Chloroform, one of the total trihalomethanes (TTHMs), is formed when chlorine or other disinfectants are used to treat drinking water. Chloroform and other disinfection byproducts increase the risk of cancer and may cause problems during pregnancy. Read More.

In addition to tap water disinfection, chloroform pollution in the environment also comes from industrial discharges from pulp and paper mills, and from urban wastewater effluent. Human studies show that chloroform damages the kidneys, liver and central nervous system. In animals, chloroform causes infertility, birth defects and cancer.

Click here to read more about disinfection byproducts.

 

508

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

439

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20145.30 ppb8572ND - 11.6 ppb
20154.80 ppb8572ND - 9.88 ppb
20167.13 ppb8673ND - 17.5 ppb
20174.79 ppb8474ND - 12.9 ppb
20184.63 ppb8575ND - 11.1 ppb
20196.62 ppb8373ND - 14.4 ppb

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

EWG Health Guideline 0.4 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 0.4 ppb for chloroform was proposed in 2018 by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a one-in-a-million lifetime risk of cancer. Values greater than one-in-a-million cancer risk level can result in increased cancer cases above one in a million people.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2014-03-041610-027-09437.83 ppb
2014-03-041610-032-09007.76 ppb
2014-03-041610-033-09106.19 ppb
2014-03-041610-039-07105.75 ppb
2014-03-041610-040-10107.27 ppb
2014-03-041610-041-10205.51 ppb
2014-03-041610-042-10305.82 ppb
2014-03-041610-043-10405.70 ppb
2014-03-041610-044-08158.50 ppb
2014-03-041610-045-08007.88 ppb
2014-03-051610-029-08409.91 ppb
2014-03-051610-030-085010.0 ppb
2014-03-051610-031-090510.5 ppb
2014-03-051610-034-074511.6 ppb
2014-03-051610-035-073511.2 ppb
2014-03-051610-037-094010.7 ppb
2014-03-051610-049-105511.2 ppb
2014-03-051610-053-104511.6 ppb
2014-06-091610-027-06455.75 ppb
2014-06-091610-032-07555.75 ppb
2014-06-091610-033-08054.35 ppb
2014-06-091610-039-07104.37 ppb
2014-06-091610-040-10107.50 ppb
2014-06-091610-041-10205.77 ppb
2014-06-091610-042-10305.64 ppb
2014-06-091610-043-10505.50 ppb
2014-06-091610-044-09005.37 ppb
2014-06-091610-045-08505.98 ppb
2014-06-101610-029-08051.37 ppb
2014-06-101610-030-08201.76 ppb
2014-06-101610-031-08302.79 ppb
2014-06-101610-034-07101.99 ppb
2014-06-101610-035-07002.98 ppb
2014-06-101610-037-09105.09 ppb
2014-06-101610-049-10204.47 ppb
2014-06-101610-053-10304.82 ppb
2014-08-191610-001-0740ND
2014-08-191610-003-0915ND
2014-08-191610-008-0630ND
2014-08-191610-012-0825ND
2014-08-191610-015-1000ND
2014-08-191610-018-0430ND
2014-08-201610-002-0720ND
2014-08-201610-007-0640ND
2014-08-201610-017-1045ND
2014-08-201610-019-0440ND
2014-08-201610-020-0950ND
2014-08-201610-050-0825ND
2014-08-271610-006-0750ND
2014-09-221610-027-07207.42 ppb
2014-09-221610-032-08358.33 ppb
2014-09-221610-033-08505.98 ppb
2014-09-221610-039-07554.75 ppb
2014-09-221610-040-11158.21 ppb
2014-09-221610-041-11057.19 ppb
2014-09-221610-042-11257.08 ppb
2014-09-221610-043-11456.57 ppb
2014-09-221610-044-10007.98 ppb
2014-09-221610-045-09459.21 ppb
2014-09-231610-029-08402.10 ppb
2014-09-231610-030-08502.44 ppb
2014-09-231610-031-09003.24 ppb
2014-09-231610-034-07353.23 ppb
2014-09-231610-035-07254.86 ppb
2014-09-231610-037-09454.95 ppb
2014-09-231610-049-11005.08 ppb
2014-09-231610-053-10455.86 ppb
2014-12-081610-027-07105.38 ppb
2014-12-081610-032-08255.87 ppb
2014-12-081610-033-08455.53 ppb
2014-12-081610-039-07455.97 ppb
2014-12-081610-040-10455.88 ppb
2014-12-081610-041-11055.78 ppb
2014-12-081610-042-11206.05 ppb
2014-12-081610-043-11455.17 ppb
2014-12-081610-044-09455.38 ppb
2014-12-081610-045-09306.20 ppb
2014-12-091610-029-08205.69 ppb
2014-12-091610-030-08355.28 ppb
2014-12-091610-031-08505.87 ppb
2014-12-091610-034-07156.16 ppb
2014-12-091610-035-07307.23 ppb
2014-12-091610-037-09306.80 ppb
2014-12-091610-049-10257.81 ppb
2014-12-091610-053-10407.30 ppb
2015-03-021610-027-07007.25 ppb
2015-03-021610-032-08157.63 ppb
2015-03-021610-033-08256.02 ppb
2015-03-021610-039-07354.96 ppb
2015-03-021610-040-10457.87 ppb
2015-03-021610-041-10306.47 ppb
2015-03-021610-042-10556.55 ppb
2015-03-021610-043-11106.34 ppb
2015-03-021610-044-09207.17 ppb
2015-03-021610-045-09358.19 ppb
2015-03-041610-029-08153.71 ppb
2015-03-041610-030-08255.19 ppb
2015-03-041610-031-08407.50 ppb
2015-03-041610-034-07257.59 ppb
2015-03-041610-035-07158.77 ppb
2015-03-041610-037-09209.65 ppb
2015-03-041610-049-10108.80 ppb
2015-03-041610-053-10259.88 ppb
2015-06-011610-027-07106.97 ppb
2015-06-011610-032-08257.67 ppb
2015-06-011610-033-08355.08 ppb
2015-06-011610-039-07453.15 ppb
2015-06-011610-040-10558.30 ppb
2015-06-011610-041-10455.47 ppb
2015-06-011610-042-11056.73 ppb
2015-06-011610-043-11206.21 ppb
2015-06-011610-044-09405.71 ppb
2015-06-011610-045-09307.40 ppb
2015-06-021610-029-08301.99 ppb
2015-06-021610-030-08452.47 ppb
2015-06-021610-031-09003.04 ppb
2015-06-021610-034-07253.92 ppb
2015-06-021610-035-07154.11 ppb
2015-06-021610-037-09404.40 ppb
2015-06-021610-049-10454.07 ppb
2015-06-021610-053-10304.09 ppb
2015-08-111610-001-0745ND
2015-08-111610-003-1130ND
2015-08-111610-008-0700ND
2015-08-111610-012-0900ND
2015-08-111610-015-0945ND
2015-08-111610-017-0415ND
2015-08-111610-018-0500ND
2015-08-121610-002-0730ND
2015-08-121610-006-1145ND
2015-08-121610-007-0640ND
2015-08-121610-019-1005ND
2015-08-121610-020-1100ND
2015-08-121610-050-0830ND
2015-09-081610-027-07007.37 ppb
2015-09-081610-032-08157.93 ppb
2015-09-081610-033-08304.57 ppb
2015-09-081610-039-07302.95 ppb
2015-09-081610-040-10457.86 ppb
2015-09-081610-041-10305.01 ppb
2015-09-081610-042-11006.10 ppb
2015-09-081610-043-11154.91 ppb
2015-09-081610-044-09307.93 ppb
2015-09-081610-045-09158.72 ppb
2015-09-091610-029-08202.35 ppb
2015-09-091610-030-09002.92 ppb
2015-09-091610-031-08403.64 ppb
2015-09-091610-034-07301.23 ppb
2015-09-091610-035-07152.32 ppb
2015-09-091610-049-09455.10 ppb
2015-09-091610-049-10554.38 ppb
2015-09-091610-053-10404.97 ppb
2015-12-171610-027-14406.44 ppb
2015-12-171610-029-09404.13 ppb
2015-12-171610-030-09504.73 ppb
2015-12-171610-031-10005.35 ppb
2015-12-171610-032-13404.69 ppb
2015-12-171610-033-13506.40 ppb
2015-12-171610-034-08503.63 ppb
2015-12-171610-035-09004.73 ppb
2015-12-171610-037-12205.82 ppb
2015-12-171610-039-14153.68 ppb
2015-12-171610-040-15006.74 ppb
2015-12-171610-041-15105.05 ppb
2015-12-171610-042-15155.15 ppb
2015-12-171610-043-15304.93 ppb
2015-12-171610-044-13006.58 ppb
2015-12-171610-045-13106.51 ppb
2015-12-171610-049-10406.39 ppb
2015-12-171610-053-10506.59 ppb
2016-03-081610-027-130014.4 ppb
2016-03-081610-032-113010.0 ppb
2016-03-081610-033-114015.3 ppb
2016-03-081610-039-122010.4 ppb
2016-03-081610-040-140017.5 ppb
2016-03-081610-041-141012.1 ppb
2016-03-081610-042-142012.0 ppb
2016-03-081610-043-143011.7 ppb
2016-03-081610-044-103014.3 ppb
2016-03-081610-045-104016.5 ppb
2016-03-091610-029-10157.59 ppb
2016-03-091610-030-10258.46 ppb
2016-03-091610-031-10359.43 ppb
2016-03-091610-034-14008.42 ppb
2016-03-091610-035-141011.1 ppb
2016-03-091610-037-120010.5 ppb
2016-03-091610-049-12107.97 ppb
2016-03-091610-053-09408.43 ppb
2016-06-081610-027-12005.87 ppb
2016-06-081610-032-13007.47 ppb
2016-06-081610-033-13104.53 ppb
2016-06-081610-039-12153.89 ppb
2016-06-081610-040-110010.6 ppb
2016-06-081610-041-11106.25 ppb
2016-06-081610-042-11157.46 ppb
2016-06-081610-043-11256.58 ppb
2016-06-081610-044-14006.22 ppb
2016-06-081610-045-14107.11 ppb
2016-06-271610-029-10002.08 ppb
2016-06-271610-030-10102.59 ppb
2016-06-271610-031-10204.03 ppb
2016-06-271610-034-08406.38 ppb
2016-06-271610-035-08503.39 ppb
2016-06-271610-037-11006.57 ppb
2016-06-271610-049-12003.48 ppb
2016-06-271610-053-12103.92 ppb
2016-08-301610-001-1340ND
2016-08-301610-002-0800ND
2016-08-301610-003-0920ND
2016-08-301610-012-0838ND
2016-08-301610-015-09507.99 ppb
2016-08-301610-017-1030ND
2016-08-301610-018-0850ND
2016-08-311610-006-0600ND
2016-08-311610-007-0930ND
2016-08-311610-008-1045ND
2016-08-311610-020-0515ND
2016-08-311610-050-0800ND
2016-09-271610-029-10102.98 ppb
2016-09-271610-030-10203.96 ppb
2016-09-271610-031-10304.28 ppb
2016-09-271610-034-09102.88 ppb
2016-09-271610-035-09204.89 ppb
2016-09-271610-037-11006.37 ppb
2016-09-271610-049-12205.23 ppb
2016-09-271610-053-12307.24 ppb
2016-09-281610-027-10205.72 ppb
2016-09-281610-032-11207.97 ppb
2016-09-281610-033-11306.06 ppb
2016-09-281610-039-10454.15 ppb
2016-09-281610-040-09109.08 ppb
2016-09-281610-041-09206.72 ppb
2016-09-281610-042-09306.18 ppb
2016-09-281610-043-09407.52 ppb
2016-09-281610-044-12158.00 ppb
2016-09-281610-045-12259.50 ppb
2016-10-121610-019-0900ND
2016-11-091610-015-0810ND
2016-12-141610-029-10007.55 ppb
2016-12-141610-030-10108.40 ppb
2016-12-141610-031-102010.6 ppb
2016-12-141610-034-09008.04 ppb
2016-12-141610-035-09109.98 ppb
2016-12-141610-037-112011.4 ppb
2016-12-141610-049-120011.6 ppb
2016-12-141610-053-121011.4 ppb
2016-12-201610-027-115010.0 ppb
2016-12-201610-032-102011.8 ppb
2016-12-201610-033-103012.3 ppb
2016-12-201610-039-112011.6 ppb
2016-12-201610-040-123512.0 ppb
2016-12-201610-041-124011.2 ppb
2016-12-201610-042-124510.5 ppb
2016-12-201610-043-130011.0 ppb
2016-12-201610-044-093011.8 ppb
2016-12-201610-045-094011.1 ppb
2017-03-141610-029-10004.29 ppb
2017-03-141610-030-10104.16 ppb
2017-03-141610-031-10206.66 ppb
2017-03-141610-034-09106.56 ppb
2017-03-141610-035-09207.96 ppb
2017-03-141610-037-11157.99 ppb
2017-03-141610-049-12107.78 ppb
2017-03-141610-053-12208.63 ppb
2017-03-161610-027-11308.68 ppb
2017-03-161610-032-10408.56 ppb
2017-03-161610-033-10509.36 ppb
2017-03-161610-039-11156.32 ppb
2017-03-161610-040-115010.2 ppb
2017-03-161610-041-12009.31 ppb
2017-03-161610-042-12109.43 ppb
2017-03-161610-043-12207.26 ppb
2017-03-161610-044-094010.9 ppb
2017-03-161610-045-095012.9 ppb
2017-06-061610-027-12004.61 ppb
2017-06-061610-032-11005.51 ppb
2017-06-061610-033-11103.70 ppb
2017-06-061610-039-11403.22 ppb
2017-06-061610-040-12306.37 ppb
2017-06-061610-041-12404.33 ppb
2017-06-061610-042-12504.27 ppb
2017-06-061610-043-13004.19 ppb
2017-06-061610-044-10105.17 ppb
2017-06-061610-045-10206.05 ppb
2017-06-071610-029-10203.45 ppb
2017-06-071610-030-10301.74 ppb
2017-06-071610-031-10402.52 ppb
2017-06-071610-034-08502.65 ppb
2017-06-071610-035-09001.39 ppb
2017-06-071610-037-11255.83 ppb
2017-06-071610-049-11554.33 ppb
2017-06-071610-053-12005.69 ppb
2017-08-281610-001-0815ND
2017-08-281610-002-0950ND
2017-08-281610-003-0730ND
2017-08-281610-015-0845ND
2017-08-281610-017-0920ND
2017-08-291610-006-06101.27 ppb
2017-08-291610-007-1030ND
2017-08-291610-008-0930ND
2017-08-291610-019-1145ND
2017-08-291610-020-0515ND
2017-08-291610-050-0745ND
2017-09-131610-029-10302.18 ppb
2017-09-131610-030-10402.86 ppb
2017-09-131610-031-10503.66 ppb
2017-09-131610-034-09302.45 ppb
2017-09-131610-035-09403.27 ppb
2017-09-131610-037-11303.86 ppb
2017-09-131610-049-12105.04 ppb
2017-09-131610-053-12206.11 ppb
2017-09-251610-027-12255.16 ppb
2017-09-251610-032-11456.56 ppb
2017-09-251610-033-11553.85 ppb
2017-09-251610-039-12154.99 ppb
2017-09-251610-040-12509.00 ppb
2017-09-251610-041-12556.53 ppb
2017-09-251610-042-13006.47 ppb
2017-09-251610-043-13106.60 ppb
2017-09-251610-044-11006.31 ppb
2017-09-251610-045-11107.85 ppb
2017-09-281610-006-08406.02 ppb
2017-11-281610-029-10152.02 ppb
2017-11-281610-030-10252.51 ppb
2017-11-281610-031-10353.74 ppb
2017-11-281610-034-09102.12 ppb
2017-11-281610-035-09203.29 ppb
2017-11-281610-037-11103.25 ppb
2017-11-281610-049-12004.25 ppb
2017-11-281610-053-12104.45 ppb
2017-11-291610-027-12055.02 ppb
2017-11-291610-032-10205.06 ppb
2017-11-291610-033-10306.55 ppb
2017-11-291610-039-11305.40 ppb
2017-11-291610-040-12304.40 ppb
2017-11-291610-041-12407.26 ppb
2017-11-291610-042-12454.58 ppb
2017-11-291610-043-12504.16 ppb
2017-11-291610-044-09405.87 ppb
2017-11-291610-045-09506.59 ppb
2018-03-061610-029-10101.37 ppb
2018-03-061610-030-10201.70 ppb
2018-03-061610-031-10302.66 ppb
2018-03-061610-034-09204.06 ppb
2018-03-061610-035-09304.88 ppb
2018-03-061610-037-11004.36 ppb
2018-03-061610-049-12103.35 ppb
2018-03-061610-053-12203.83 ppb
2018-03-281610-027-12006.92 ppb
2018-03-281610-032-11008.82 ppb
2018-03-281610-033-11106.90 ppb
2018-03-281610-039-11405.67 ppb
2018-03-281610-040-12159.16 ppb
2018-03-281610-041-12206.74 ppb
2018-03-281610-042-12307.04 ppb
2018-03-281610-043-12407.36 ppb
2018-03-281610-044-10109.60 ppb
2018-03-281610-045-10209.46 ppb
2018-06-141610-029-09501.59 ppb
2018-06-141610-030-10001.97 ppb
2018-06-141610-031-10103.07 ppb
2018-06-141610-034-08351.94 ppb
2018-06-141610-035-08402.72 ppb
2018-06-141610-037-10504.11 ppb
2018-06-141610-049-12004.79 ppb
2018-06-141610-053-12105.00 ppb
2018-06-191610-027-11505.46 ppb
2018-06-191610-032-10404.21 ppb
2018-06-191610-033-10504.22 ppb
2018-06-191610-039-11302.92 ppb
2018-06-191610-040-12158.23 ppb
2018-06-191610-041-12204.10 ppb
2018-06-191610-042-12305.95 ppb
2018-06-191610-043-12405.90 ppb
2018-06-191610-044-10005.93 ppb
2018-06-191610-045-10106.44 ppb
2018-08-271610-007-1110ND
2018-08-271610-008-1130ND
2018-08-271610-050-0930ND
2018-09-041610-002-1230ND
2018-09-041610-003-0950ND
2018-09-041610-006-08304.43 ppb
2018-09-041610-015-09005.93 ppb
2018-09-041610-017-0935ND
2018-09-041610-020-0915ND
2018-09-101610-019-0910ND
2018-09-111610-001-11152.81 ppb
2018-09-191610-029-10302.32 ppb
2018-09-191610-030-10402.60 ppb
2018-09-191610-031-10503.96 ppb
2018-09-191610-034-09451.79 ppb
2018-09-191610-035-09552.92 ppb
2018-09-191610-037-11205.35 ppb
2018-09-191610-049-12555.60 ppb
2018-09-191610-053-13106.12 ppb
2018-09-251610-027-13105.39 ppb
2018-09-251610-032-11158.50 ppb
2018-09-251610-033-11254.71 ppb
2018-09-251610-039-12104.22 ppb
2018-09-251610-040-13206.18 ppb
2018-09-251610-041-133011.1 ppb
2018-09-251610-042-13357.01 ppb
2018-09-251610-043-13406.24 ppb
2018-09-251610-044-10305.83 ppb
2018-09-251610-045-10408.40 ppb
2018-10-161610-001-0930ND
2018-12-061610-015-08002.06 ppb
2018-12-181610-029-10103.82 ppb
2018-12-181610-031-10305.54 ppb
2018-12-181610-034-09057.04 ppb
2018-12-181610-035-09109.01 ppb
2018-12-181610-037-11007.20 ppb
2018-12-181610-049-11504.34 ppb
2018-12-181610-053-12008.62 ppb
2018-12-191610-027-10104.58 ppb
2018-12-191610-032-11305.81 ppb
2018-12-191610-033-11204.86 ppb
2018-12-191610-039-10454.27 ppb
2018-12-191610-040-09106.57 ppb
2018-12-191610-041-09204.10 ppb
2018-12-191610-042-09305.19 ppb
2018-12-191610-043-09404.51 ppb
2018-12-191610-044-12306.18 ppb
2018-12-191610-045-12406.00 ppb
2018-12-271610-030-0815ND
2019-03-121610-029-10457.51 ppb
2019-03-121610-030-10558.47 ppb
2019-03-121610-031-110011.1 ppb
2019-03-121610-034-094511.1 ppb
2019-03-121610-035-100012.7 ppb
2019-03-121610-037-12009.21 ppb
2019-03-121610-049-13009.66 ppb
2019-03-121610-053-131010.9 ppb
2019-03-131610-027-123013.6 ppb
2019-03-131610-032-112012.6 ppb
2019-03-131610-033-113011.7 ppb
2019-03-131610-039-121512.9 ppb
2019-03-131610-043-14009.01 ppb
2019-03-131610-044-101014.4 ppb
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