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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Dichloroacetic acid

City of Great Bend

Dichloroacetic acid, one of the group of five haloacetic acids regulated by federal standards, is formed when chlorine or other disinfectants are used to treat drinking water. Haloacetic acids and other disinfection byproducts increase the risk of cancer and may cause problems during pregnancy. Click here to read more about disinfection byproducts.

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96

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

49

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20140.657 ppb1610ND - 2.30 ppb
20150.341 ppb166ND - 1.70 ppb
20160.754 ppb1611ND - 2.10 ppb
20170.803 ppb168ND - 3.20 ppb
20180.633 ppb169ND - 2.60 ppb
20190.575 ppb165ND - 3.60 ppb

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

EWG Health Guideline 0.2 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 0.2 ppb for dichloroacetic acid was proposed in 2020 by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a public health goal, the level of a drinking water contaminant that does not pose a significant health risk.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
2014-03-1076340ND
2014-03-10763361.50 ppb
2014-03-10763300.680 ppb
2014-03-1076326ND
2014-06-091268160.670 ppb
2014-06-091268150.560 ppb
2014-06-091267991.60 ppb
2014-06-091267951.10 ppb
2014-09-081915012.30 ppb
2014-09-081914960.720 ppb
2014-09-081915030.680 ppb
2014-09-081915040.700 ppb
2014-12-01238928ND
2014-12-01238927ND
2014-12-01238926ND
2014-12-01238925ND
2015-03-092936480.780 ppb
2015-03-09293647ND
2015-03-09293646ND
2015-03-09293645ND
2015-06-083465820.720 ppb
2015-06-08346583ND
2015-06-083465940.610 ppb
2015-06-08346584ND
2015-09-084034491.70 ppb
2015-09-084034480.800 ppb
2015-09-084034470.850 ppb
2015-09-08403446ND
2015-12-14461864ND
2015-12-14461863ND
2015-12-14461862ND
2015-12-14461861ND
2016-03-215132130.910 ppb
2016-03-215132120.710 ppb
2016-03-215132140.580 ppb
2016-03-215132150.720 ppb
2016-06-065603222.10 ppb
2016-06-06560321ND
2016-06-065603201.20 ppb
2016-06-06560319ND
2016-09-066166580.910 ppb
2016-09-066166570.730 ppb
2016-09-066166561.30 ppb
2016-09-066166551.10 ppb
2016-12-12674276ND
2016-12-12674279ND
2016-12-12674278ND
2016-12-126742771.80 ppb
2017-03-06720894ND
2017-03-06720893ND
2017-03-06720892ND
2017-03-067208911.10 ppb
2017-06-05771436ND
2017-06-057714350.510 ppb
2017-06-05771434ND
2017-06-057714333.20 ppb
2017-09-18843193ND
2017-09-188431943.00 ppb
2017-09-18843195ND
2017-10-168627710.760 ppb
2017-12-118921400.680 ppb
2017-12-118921391.10 ppb
2017-12-11892138ND
2017-12-118921372.50 ppb
2018-03-129372870.970 ppb
2018-03-129372860.680 ppb
2018-03-129372850.910 ppb
2018-03-129372841.000 ppb
2018-06-049797810.560 ppb
2018-06-049797820.700 ppb
2018-06-049797841.80 ppb
2018-06-04979783ND
2018-09-101041933ND
2018-09-1010419320.900 ppb
2018-09-1010419312.60 ppb
2018-09-101041930ND
2018-12-171093093ND
2018-12-171093092ND
2018-12-171093091ND
2018-12-171093090ND
2019-03-181138684ND
2019-03-1811386833.60 ppb
2019-03-181138685ND
2019-03-181138686ND
2019-06-031179042ND
2019-06-0311790411.20 ppb
2019-06-0311790402.00 ppb
2019-06-031179039ND
2019-09-091239310ND
2019-09-091239309ND
2019-09-0912393080.600 ppb
2019-09-091239307ND
2019-12-021282487ND
2019-12-0212824901.80 ppb
2019-12-021282489ND
2019-12-021282488ND