Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Picloram

Hopedale Water Department

NOTE: Hopedale Water Department purchases water from Milford Water Company which is required to test for picloram. Sample information shown below was taken by Milford Water Company.

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

 

10

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
2019ND60ND
2020N/A00N/A
2021N/A00N/A
2022ND50ND
2023N/A00N/A

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: Hopedale Water Department purchases water from Milford Water Company which is required to test for picloram. Sample information shown below was taken by Milford Water Company.

Date Result
2019-05-14ND
2019-05-14ND
2019-07-25ND
2019-10-09ND
2019-10-30ND
2022-04-27ND
2022-04-27ND
2022-04-27ND
2022-06-16ND
2022-11-01ND