Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Dalapon

Bethel, Town of

NOTE: Bethel, Town of purchases water from Greenville Utilities Comm. which is required to test for dalapon. Sample information shown below was taken by Greenville Utilities Comm..

The herbicide dalapon has not been used in the U.S. since 1999. In animal studies, exposure to dalapon harms the kidneys.

 

12

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND20ND
2019N/A00N/A
2020ND80ND
2021ND10ND
2022ND20ND
2023ND10ND

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL): 200 ppb

The legal limit for dalapon, established in 1992, was based on a toxicity study in laboratory animals published in 1960.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: Bethel, Town of purchases water from Greenville Utilities Comm. which is required to test for dalapon. Sample information shown below was taken by Greenville Utilities Comm..

Date Lab ID Result
2020-01-2377659-01ND
2020-01-2377659-02ND
2020-01-2377659-03ND
2020-01-2377659-04ND
2020-04-1681065-01ND
2020-04-1681066-01ND
2020-04-1681067-01ND
2020-04-1681068-01ND
2023-05-2537729_23-26775ND
2023-05-2537729_23-26778ND
2023-05-2537729_23-26779ND
2023-05-2537729_23-26780ND