Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

Marble Community Water System

Alachlor is a widely used agricultural herbicide. It causes cancer in laboratory animals and may be carcinogenic to people.

 

9

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
2019N/A00N/A
2020N/A00N/A
2021ND40ND
2022ND40ND
2023ND10ND

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL): 2 ppb

The legal limit for alachlor, established in 1991, was based on toxicity studies in laboratory animals conducted in the 1980s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2021-03-2992530251001A_12710ND
2021-06-151064170-01ND
2021-09-131093888-01ND
2021-11-2992574831001_12710ND
2022-02-2092589182001_12710ND
2022-05-2492606370001_12710ND
2022-09-1292625399001_12710ND
2022-10-2692633286001_12710ND
2023-02-2037729_23-08916AND