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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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1,1-Dichloroethylene

Meadow District

1,1-Dichloroethylene is used for plastics production. It damages DNA and causes cancer in laboratory animal studies.

 

20

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND60ND
2015ND40ND
2016ND30ND
2017ND50ND
2018N/A00N/A
2019ND20ND

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL) 7 ppb

The legal limit for 1,1-dichloroethylene, established in 1987, was based on a toxicity study conducted in laboratory animals in the 1980s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2014-06-30S504511ND
2014-07-24L5171754-3ND
2014-07-24L5171754-2ND
2014-08-25S479228ND
2014-08-25S479187ND
2014-10-24S251490ND
2015-01-22S588750ND
2015-08-12S612424ND
2015-08-12S612423ND
2015-10-20S614748ND
2016-03-01S659176ND
2016-08-17S670377ND
2016-08-17S670376ND
2017-01-25S670508ND
2017-07-25S730815ND
2017-07-25S679349ND
2017-08-29S730913ND
2017-08-29S730909ND
2019-08-01S898798ND
2019-08-01S898802ND