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3-Hydroxycarbofuran

Hopedale Water Department

NOTE: Hopedale Water Department purchases water from Milford Water Company which is required to test for 3-hydroxycarbofuran. Sample information shown below was taken by Milford Water Company.

3-Hydroxycarbofuran is a breakdown product of the insecticide carbofuran, once widely used on food crops and banned by the EPA due to its effects on the human nervous system.

 

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

All test results

NOTE: Hopedale Water Department purchases water from Milford Water Company which is required to test for 3-hydroxycarbofuran. 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