Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

1,1-Dichloroethylene

Cawood Water-pathfork

NOTE: Cawood Water-pathfork purchases water from Pineville Water System which is required to test for 1,1-dichloroethylene. Sample information shown below was taken by Pineville Water System.

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

 

6

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019ND10ND
2020ND10ND
2021ND10ND
2022ND10ND
2023ND10ND

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

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

NOTE: Cawood Water-pathfork purchases water from Pineville Water System which is required to test for 1,1-dichloroethylene. Sample information shown below was taken by Pineville Water System.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-06-068060639-01ND
2019-06-129061060-01ND
2020-06-240061274-01ND
2021-06-301061547-01ND
2022-06-082061404-01ND
2023-06-213061932-01ND