Naphthalene

Artesian Water Company

Naphthalene is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, or PAH, released from combustion of fossil fuels and waste incinerators, and also used as a moth repellent. PAHs increase the risk of cancer; damage the immune, nervous and reproductive systems; and can harm developing fetuses.

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266

Samples

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

Year	Average result	Samples taken	Range of results
2013	N/A	0	N/A
2014	ND	80	ND
2015	ND	65	ND
2016	ND	66	ND
2017	ND	48	ND
2018	ND	7	ND
2019	N/A	0	N/A

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date	Lab ID	Result
2014-01-06	L4892637-1	ND
2014-01-06	L4892639-1	ND
2014-01-06	L4892644-1	ND
2014-02-05	L4935367-1	ND
2014-02-05	L4935370-1	ND
2014-02-07	L4935658-1	ND
2014-02-07	L4935658-2	ND
2014-02-18	L4768478-VOC	ND
2014-02-20	L4768585-VOC	ND
2014-02-20	L4799695-VOC	ND
2014-02-20	L4799863-1 VOC	ND
2014-02-25	L4805909-1 VOC	ND
2014-02-27	L4805818-525	ND
2014-02-27	L4805818-VOC	ND
2014-02-27	L4830599-1 525	ND
2014-02-27	L4830599-1 VOC	ND
2014-02-27	L4830758-525	ND
2014-02-27	L4830758-VOC	ND
2014-02-27	L4836771-525	ND
2014-02-27	L4836771-VOC	ND
2014-03-04	L4967359-1	ND
2014-03-04	L4967359-2	ND
2014-03-04	L4967360-1VOC	ND
2014-03-20	L4836863-1 525	ND
2014-03-20	L4836863-1 VOC	ND
2014-03-20	L4949104-1	ND
2014-03-20	L4949104-525	ND
2014-03-24	L4949106-1 525	ND
2014-03-24	L4949106-1-VOC	ND
2014-03-24	L4949108-525	ND
2014-03-24	L4949108-VOC	ND
2014-03-24	L4949110-525	ND
2014-03-24	L4949110-VOC	ND
2014-03-24	L4949113-525	ND
2014-03-24	L4949113-VOC	ND
2014-04-01	L4991785-1	ND
2014-04-01	L4991785-2	ND
2014-04-03	L5006062-1	ND
2014-04-03	L5006063-1 525	ND
2014-04-03	L5006064-1	ND
2014-04-03	L5006066-1	ND
2014-04-04	L5006551-1	ND
2014-04-15	L5015387-1 525	ND
2014-04-15	L5015389-1 525	ND
2014-04-15	L5015391-1 525	ND
2014-04-16	L5018984-1	ND
2014-04-24	L5024822-1 525	ND
2014-04-24	L5024826-1 525	ND
2014-05-01	L5030569-1	ND
2014-05-07	L5050389-1 VOC	ND
2014-05-19	L5062269-1	ND
2014-05-19	L5062269-2	ND
2014-05-30	L5959119-1-VOC	ND
2014-06-17	L5110724-1	ND
2014-07-01	L5144326-1	ND
2014-07-02	L5144470-1	ND
2014-07-03	L5144791-1 VOC	ND
2014-08-04	L5193431-1	ND
2014-09-02	L5231075-1	ND
2014-09-02	L5231075-2	ND
2014-09-03	L5235055-1-525	ND
2014-09-03	L5235055-1VOC	ND
2014-09-03	L5235055-2-525	ND
2014-09-03	L5235055-2-VOC	ND
2014-10-03	L5274679-1	ND
2014-10-06	L5275099-1	ND
2014-10-06	L5275100-1	ND
2014-11-04	L5314270-1	ND
2014-11-04	L5314270-2	ND
2014-11-05	L5291674-1	ND
2014-11-05	L5315635-1	ND
2014-11-05	L5315635-1-VOC	ND
2014-11-05	L5315635-2	ND
2014-11-05	L5315635-2-VOC	ND
2014-12-15	L5359353-1	ND
2014-12-15	L5359596-1-VOC	ND
2014-12-15	L5359597-1-525	ND
2014-12-15	L5359597-1-VOC	ND
2014-12-15	L5359597-2-525	ND
2014-12-15	L5359597-2-VOC	ND
2015-01-06	L5393622-1	ND
2015-01-09	L5398026-1	ND
2015-01-09	L5398026-1 VOC	ND
2015-01-09	L5398029-1	ND
2015-01-26	L5242398-1 VOC	ND
2015-01-26	L5242399-1	ND
2015-01-26	L5242404-1 VOC	ND
2015-01-29	L524205-1 VOC	ND
2015-01-29	L5242406-1 VOC	ND
2015-01-29	L5242407-1-VOC	ND
2015-01-29	L5242895-1-VOC	ND
2015-01-30	L5242896-1 VOC	ND
2015-01-30	L5250627-1 VOC	ND
2015-01-30	L5250713-1 VOC	ND
2015-02-26	L5286929-1 525	ND
2015-02-26	L5286929-1 VOC	ND
2015-03-02	L5287047-1-525	ND
2015-03-02	L5287047-1-VOC	ND
2015-03-02	L5293036-1 525	ND
2015-03-02	L5293036-1 VOC	ND
2015-03-02	L5293104-1-525	ND
2015-03-02	L5293104-1-VOC	ND
2015-03-31	L5511077-1	ND
2015-04-01	L5513567-1-525	ND
2015-04-01	L5513690-1	ND
2015-04-01	L5513705-1-VOC	ND
2015-04-06	L5527743-1	ND
2015-04-06	L5527752-1-525	ND
2015-04-06	L5527754-1-525	ND
2015-04-15	L5536818-1-525	ND
2015-04-15	L5536821-1-525	ND
2015-04-15	L5536821-1-VOC	ND
2015-04-15	L5537210-1	ND
2015-04-15	L5537275-1-525	ND
2015-04-15	L5537277-1 VOC	ND
2015-04-16	L5540963-1 525	ND
2015-04-16	L5540964-1-525	ND
2015-04-16	L5540965-1-525	ND
2015-04-16	L5541463-1-525	ND
2015-04-16	L5541466-1-525	ND
2015-06-01	L5611916-1	ND
2015-06-01	L5611916-2	ND
2015-06-04	L5628778-1	ND
2015-06-22	L5661471-1	ND
2015-07-01	L5676946-1	ND
2015-07-06	L5692593-1	ND
2015-07-10	L5700000-1	ND
2015-09-01	L5800237-1	ND
2015-09-01	L5800237-2	ND
2015-09-02	L5802388-1	ND
2015-09-02	L5802391-1	ND
2015-09-23	L5534590-1 525	ND
2015-09-23	L5534590-1 VOC	ND
2015-10-01	L5835730-1 VOC	ND
2015-10-02	L5836564-1	ND
2015-10-02	L5836565-1 VOC	ND
2015-10-02	L5836566-1 VOC	ND
2015-10-07	L5853905-1 VOC	ND
2015-11-02	L5899917-1	ND
2015-11-02	L5899917-2	ND
2015-11-04	L5902500-1	ND
2015-12-10	L5590066-1 525	ND
2015-12-10	L5590066-1 VOC	ND
2015-12-10	L5956173-1	ND
2015-12-10	L5956173-2	ND
2016-01-04	L5988545-1	ND
2016-01-04	L5988546-1	ND
2016-01-04	L5988546-2	ND
2016-01-04	L5988547-1	ND
2016-01-05	L6006214-1	ND
2016-01-05	L6006215-1	ND
2016-01-05	L6006223-1	ND
2016-01-15	L5762486-1 525	ND
2016-01-15	L5762486-1 VOC	ND
2016-01-15	L5820919-1 525	ND
2016-01-15	L5820919-1 VOC	ND
2016-01-15	L5863869-1 525	ND
2016-01-15	L5863869-1 VOC	ND
2016-01-29	L6019360-1 525	ND
2016-01-29	L6019360-1 VOC	ND
2016-01-29	L6019361-1 525	ND
2016-01-29	L6019361-1 VOC	ND
2016-01-29	L6019362-1 525	ND
2016-01-29	L6019362-1 VOC	ND
2016-02-01	L6053158-1	ND
2016-02-01	L6053158-2	ND
2016-02-17	L6019363-1 525	ND
2016-02-17	L6019363-1 VOC	ND
2016-02-17	L6019364-1 525	ND
2016-02-17	L6019364-1 VOC	ND
2016-02-17	L6019365-1 525	ND
2016-02-17	L6019365-1 VOC	ND
2016-02-23	L6019366-1 525	ND
2016-02-23	L6019366-1 VOC	ND
2016-02-23	L6019367-1 525	ND
2016-02-23	L6019367-1 VOC	ND
2016-02-23	L6019368-1 525	ND
2016-02-23	L6019368-1 VOC	ND
2016-02-23	L6019369-1 VOC	ND
2016-02-23	L6019370- VOC	ND
2016-03-03	L6111613-1 525	ND
2016-03-08	L6114129-1	ND
2016-03-28	L6142373-1 VOC	ND
2016-04-04	L6166403-1 VOC	ND
2016-04-07	L6170164-1 525	ND
2016-04-07	L6170166-1 525	ND
2016-04-07	L6170166-1 VOC	ND
2016-04-12	L6175604-1 525	ND
2016-04-13	L6179210-1 525	ND
2016-04-13	L6179211-1 VOC	ND
2016-04-13	L6179212-1 525	ND
2016-04-13	L6179213-1 525	ND
2016-04-13	L6179214-1 525	ND
2016-04-15	L6183101-1 525	ND
2016-04-15	L6183102-1 525	ND
2016-04-15	L6183103-1 525	ND
2016-04-15	L6183104-1 525	ND
2016-05-20	L6019372-1 VOC	ND
2016-06-06	L6019374-1 525	ND
2016-06-06	L6019374-1 VOC	ND
2016-06-06	L6302168-1	ND
2016-06-10	L6307130-1	ND
2016-07-01	L6342806-525	ND
2016-07-06	L6359964-1	ND
2016-07-11	L6363785-525	ND
2016-07-11	L6363791 525	ND
2016-08-05	L6390073-1 VOC	ND
2016-08-05	L6390073-525	ND
2016-08-05	L6410849-525	ND
2016-10-05	L6502152-525	ND
2016-11-01	L6527542- 525	ND
2017-01-18	L6547052 525	ND
2017-01-18	L6547052-1 VOC	ND
2017-01-20	L6469070-1 525	ND
2017-01-20	L6469070-1 VOC	ND
2017-01-20	L6469144-1 525	ND
2017-01-20	L6469144-1 VOC	ND
2017-01-23	L6485710-1 525	ND
2017-01-23	L6485710-1VOC	ND
2017-01-23	L6485777-1 525	ND
2017-01-23	L6547102-1 525	ND
2017-01-23	L6547102-1 VOC	ND
2017-01-23	L6553141-1 VOC	ND
2017-01-25	L6476340-1 VOC	ND
2017-01-25	L6476416-1 VOC	ND
2017-01-25	L6476488-1 VOC	ND
2017-01-25	L6476525-1 VOC	ND
2017-01-27	L6650652 525	ND
2017-01-27	L6650653-525	ND
2017-01-27	L6650655 525	ND
2017-01-27	L6650656 525	ND
2017-01-27	L6650657 525	ND
2017-01-27	L6650658 525	ND
2017-01-31	L6371963-1 525	ND
2017-01-31	L6371963-1 VOC	ND
2017-01-31	L6372370-1 525	ND
2017-01-31	L6372370-1 VOC	ND
2017-01-31	L6378581-1 525	ND
2017-01-31	L6378581-1 VOC	ND
2017-03-06	L6485639	ND
2017-03-06	L6485639-1 VOC	ND
2017-03-09	L6568580-1 VOC	ND
2017-03-09	L6568580-525	ND
2017-04-04	L6752336-1 525	ND
2017-04-04	L6753812-1 525	ND
2017-04-04	L6762334-1 525	ND
2017-04-05	L6753802-1 525	ND
2017-04-05	L6753803-1 525	ND
2017-04-05	L6753806-1 525	ND
2017-04-05	L6753807-1 525	ND
2017-04-06	L6754970-1 525	ND
2017-04-13	L676311-1 525	ND
2017-04-13	L6763126-1 525	ND
2017-04-24	L6771554-1 525	ND
2017-04-24	L6771555-1 525	ND
2017-04-26	L6775034-2 525	ND
2017-07-10	L6897846-525	ND
2017-11-07	L6968999-1	ND
2017-12-06	7114325-01 VOC	ND
2018-01-05	8011810-01	ND
2018-01-05	8011820-01	ND
2018-01-10	8011813-01	ND
2018-01-10	8011818-01	ND
2018-01-26	8014291-01 VOC	ND
2018-01-26	8014295-01 VOC	ND
2018-06-12	8061422-01	ND