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Monobromoacetic acid

City of Goldsboro

Monobromoacetic acid, one of the group of five haloacetic acids regulated by federal standards, is formed when chlorine or other disinfectants are used to treat drinking water. Haloacetic acids and other disinfection byproducts increase the risk of cancer and may cause problems during pregnancy. Click here to read more about disinfection byproducts.

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96

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND160ND
20150.131 ppb162ND - 1.10 ppb
20160.594 ppb161ND - 9.50 ppb
20173.43 ppb168ND - 15.0 ppb
2018ND160ND
20191.13 ppb163ND - 11.0 ppb

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

EWG Health Guideline 25 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 25 ppb for monobromoacetic acid was proposed in 2020 by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a public health goal, the level of a drinking water contaminant that does not pose a significant health risk.. This health guideline protects against muscular degeneration.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2014-02-0492188554002-2ND
2014-02-0492188554003-2ND
2014-02-0492188554004-2ND
2014-02-0492188554001-2ND
2014-05-0692200012001DIS-2ND
2014-05-0692200012002DIS-2ND
2014-05-0692200012003DIS-2ND
2014-05-0692200012004DIS-2ND
2014-08-0592212028001TTH-2ND
2014-08-0592212028002TTH-2ND
2014-08-0592212028003TTH-2ND
2014-08-0592212028004TTH-2ND
2014-11-0492224047003TTH-2ND
2014-11-0492224047004TTH-2ND
2014-11-0492224047002TTH-2ND
2014-11-0492224047001TTH-2ND
2015-02-03ND
2015-02-031.10 ppb
2015-02-03ND
2015-02-03ND
2015-05-05ND
2015-05-05ND
2015-05-05ND
2015-05-05ND
2015-08-04ND
2015-08-041.000 ppb
2015-08-04ND
2015-08-04ND
2015-11-03ND
2015-11-03ND
2015-11-03ND
2015-11-03ND
2016-02-0292285041001TTH-2ND
2016-02-0292285041002TTH-2ND
2016-02-0292285041003TTH-2ND
2016-02-0292285041004TTH-2ND
2016-05-0392296150004TTH-29.50 ppb
2016-05-0392296150003TTH-2ND
2016-05-0392296150002TTH-2ND
2016-05-0392296150001TTH-2ND
2016-08-0292307395003TTH-2ND
2016-08-0292307395004TTH-2ND
2016-08-0292307395005TTH-2ND
2016-08-0292307395006TTH-2ND
2016-11-1692319907001TTH-2ND
2016-11-1692319907002TTH-2ND
2016-11-1692319907003TTH-2ND
2016-11-1692319907004TTH-2ND
2017-02-0792329012001TTHND
2017-02-0792329012004TTHND
2017-02-0792329012002TTHND
2017-02-0792329012003TTHND
2017-05-0292339110004TTH2.20 ppb
2017-05-0292339110003TTH3.90 ppb
2017-05-0292339110002TTH4.70 ppb
2017-05-0292339110001TTH2.20 ppb
2017-08-0192349748006TTH9.70 ppb
2017-08-0192349748005TTH15.0 ppb
2017-08-0192349748004TTH9.90 ppb
2017-08-0192349748003TTH7.20 ppb
2017-11-0792362309001TTHND
2017-11-0792362309002TTHND
2017-11-0792362309003TTHND
2017-11-0792362309004TTHND
2018-02-0692372201004TTH ND
2018-02-0692372201003TTH ND
2018-02-0692372201002TTH ND
2018-02-0692372201001TTH ND
2018-05-0192382990004TTH ND
2018-05-0192382990001TTH ND
2018-05-0192382990002TTH ND
2018-05-0192382990003TTH ND
2018-08-0792394806004TTH ND
2018-08-0792394806003TTH ND
2018-08-0792394806002TTH ND
2018-08-0792394806001TTH ND
2018-11-0692406117001TTH ND
2018-11-0692406117002TTH ND
2018-11-0692406117003TTH ND
2018-11-0692406117004TTH ND
2019-02-0592416544001_3770ND
2019-02-0592416544002_3770ND
2019-02-0592416544003_3770ND
2019-02-0592416544004_3770ND
2019-05-0737729_19-18339 ND
2019-05-0737729_19-18350 ND
2019-05-0737729_19-18349 ND
2019-05-0737729_19-18348 ND
2019-08-0637729_19-32874 3.00 ppb
2019-08-0637729_19-32876 4.00 ppb
2019-08-0637729_19-32875 11.0 ppb
2019-08-0637729_19-32872 ND
2019-11-0537729_19-47421 ND
2019-11-0537729_19-47420 ND
2019-11-0537729_19-47419 ND
2019-11-0537729_19-47416 ND