Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

1,1-Dichloroethylene

Bad Axe

NOTE: Bad Axe purchases water from Huron Regional Water Authority which is required to test for 1,1-dichloroethylene. Sample information shown below was taken by Huron Regional Water Authority.

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

 

6

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

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

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

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

NOTE: Bad Axe purchases water from Huron Regional Water Authority which is required to test for 1,1-dichloroethylene. Sample information shown below was taken by Huron Regional Water Authority.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-09-11LLI04637ND
2019-06-05LLI41300ND
2020-06-15ND
2021-07-20ND
2022-07-26ND
2023-07-25ND