Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Picloram

Oil City Water Works

NOTE: Oil City Water Works purchases water from Blanchard Water System which is required to test for picloram. Sample information shown below was taken by Blanchard Water System.

Picloram is a herbicide that in studies of laboratory animals has been linked with reduced testicular size and damage to the liver and thyroid.

 

16

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND40ND
2019ND40ND
2020ND20ND
2021ND20ND
2022ND10ND
2023ND20ND

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EWG Health Guideline: 166 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 166 ppb for picloram was defined 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. This health guideline protects against change to internal organs.

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL): 500 ppb

The legal limit for picloram, established in 1992, was based on toxicity studies in laboratory animals conducted in the 1980s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: Oil City Water Works purchases water from Blanchard Water System which is required to test for picloram. Sample information shown below was taken by Blanchard Water System.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-01-0835367511001ND
2018-01-0835367511001ND
2018-07-2335407300001ND
2018-07-2335407300001ND
2019-02-1835449623001ND
2019-02-1835449623001ND
2019-07-2535485233001ND
2019-07-2535485233001ND
2020-03-1635538195001ND
2020-08-1035569898001ND
2021-01-0535602529001ND
2021-08-1035655130002ND
2022-02-1435697796002ND
2022-07-2735735463003ND
2023-01-3035776976004ND
2023-08-1535821486001ND