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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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1,1-Dichloroethylene

City of Taneytown

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

 

43

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20141.02 ppb54ND - 2.50 ppb
20150.516 ppb51ND - 2.58 ppb
20160.693 ppb62ND - 3.56 ppb
20171.13 ppb21ND - 2.26 ppb
20180.662 ppb134ND - 2.79 ppb
20190.606 ppb123ND - 3.60 ppb

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

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

Date Lab ID Result
2014-01-130060012_02_COT01ND
2014-02-120060012_03_994670.800 ppb
2014-02-120060012_03_994670.700 ppb
2014-07-110060012_02_000121.10 ppb
2014-07-110060012_05_000122.50 ppb
2015-02-180060012_03_20554ND
2015-02-180060012_03_20554ND
2015-09-23E16001274006ND
2015-09-23E1600127400112.58 ppb
2015-09-23E160012740041ND
2016-02-222125662ND
2016-02-2221256610010.600 ppb
2016-08-31E17000888006ND
2016-08-31E170008880013.56 ppb
2016-08-31E17000888008ND
2016-08-31E17000888004ND
2017-09-28E18001312004ND
2017-09-28E180013120012.26 ppb
2018-03-0523002110012.60 ppb
2018-03-13E18003311004ND
2018-06-20E18004567001ND
2018-06-262322947001ND
2018-07-102325449002ND
2018-07-1023254490012.20 ppb
2018-08-16E19000551004ND
2018-08-16E190005510081.02 ppb
2018-08-16E190005510062.79 ppb
2018-08-16E19000551001ND
2018-08-202333891001ND
2018-10-24E19001379001ND
2018-11-062349403001ND
2019-03-193022708001ND
2019-06-033037434001ND
2019-06-13E19004289004ND
2019-07-153045712001ND
2019-07-1530457140013.60 ppb
2019-07-25E20000354001ND
2019-07-25E20000354004ND
2019-07-25E200003540080.930 ppb
2019-07-25E200003540062.74 ppb
2019-07-25E20000354010ND
2019-07-25E20000354012ND
2019-11-053068008001ND