Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

Pixley Public Utility District

Alachlor is a widely used agricultural herbicide. It causes cancer in laboratory animals and may be carcinogenic to people.

 

15

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND30ND
2019ND20ND
2020ND20ND
2021ND30ND
2022ND20ND
2023ND30ND

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL): 2 ppb

The legal limit for alachlor, established in 1991, was based on toxicity studies in laboratory animals conducted in the 1980s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-05-03CA5410009_011_011-201805030915ND
2018-08-21CA5410009_011_011-201808211130ND
2018-10-09CA5410009_011_011-201810091045ND
2019-01-15CA5410009_011_011-201901151120ND
2019-04-16CA5410009_011_011-201904161100ND
2020-01-23CA5410009_011_011-202001231055ND
2020-07-23CA5410009_004_004-202007231045ND
2021-07-22CA5410009_006_006-202107221142ND
2021-10-11CA5410009_006_006-202110111132ND
2021-10-22CA5410009_011_011-202110221054ND
2022-08-08CA5410009_013_013-202208081140ND
2022-11-04CA5410009_013_013-202211041100ND
2023-01-13CA5410009_013_013-202301131048ND
2023-05-01CA5410009_013_013-202305011054ND
2023-08-28CA5410009_004_004-202308281203ND