Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Picloram

Downsville Water System

NOTE: Downsville Water System purchases water from Culbertson Water System which is required to test for picloram. Sample information shown below was taken by Culbertson 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.

 

13

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018N/A00N/A
2019ND20ND
2020N/A00N/A
2021N/A00N/A
2022ND70ND
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: Downsville Water System purchases water from Culbertson Water System which is required to test for picloram. Sample information shown below was taken by Culbertson Water System.

Date Lab ID Result
2019-10-2835508736001ND
2019-10-2835508736002ND
2019-10-2835508736003ND
2019-10-2835508736001ND
2019-10-2835508736002ND
2019-10-2835508736003ND
2022-01-1135690299003ND
2022-05-0435715589001ND
2022-09-2735750438003ND
2022-12-1235766640001ND
2022-12-1235766640002ND
2022-12-1235766640003ND
2022-12-1235766640004ND