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1,1-Dichloroethylene

Ho Ho Kus Water Department

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

 

78

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND160ND
2015ND160ND
2016ND160ND
2017ND100ND
2018ND100ND
2019ND100ND

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
2014-03-054030124-09ND
2014-03-054030124-08ND
2014-03-054030124-07ND
2014-03-054030124-06ND
2014-05-134050425-08ND
2014-05-134050425-07ND
2014-05-134050425-09ND
2014-05-134050425-06ND
2014-08-264080821-04ND
2014-08-264080821-02ND
2014-08-264080821-01ND
2014-08-264080821-03ND
2014-12-034120165-02ND
2014-12-034120165-04ND
2014-12-034120165-03ND
2014-12-034120165-01ND
2015-02-115020292-11ND
2015-02-115020292-12ND
2015-02-115020292-14ND
2015-02-115020292-13ND
2015-05-265050692-03ND
2015-05-265050692-02ND
2015-05-265050692-04ND
2015-05-265050692-01ND
2015-08-055080134-07ND
2015-08-055080134-08ND
2015-08-055080134-05ND
2015-08-055080134-06ND
2015-11-165110490-03ND
2015-11-165110490-02ND
2015-11-165110490-01ND
2015-11-165110490-04ND
2016-03-016030031-02ND
2016-03-016030031-01ND
2016-03-016030031-04ND
2016-03-016030031-03ND
2016-05-166050531-04ND
2016-05-166050531-03ND
2016-05-166050531-02ND
2016-05-166050531-01ND
2016-08-236080768-04ND
2016-08-236080768-03ND
2016-08-236080768-02ND
2016-08-236080768-01ND
2016-11-146110413-08ND
2016-11-146110413-07ND
2016-11-146110413-05ND
2016-11-146110413-06ND
2017-02-227020612-07ND
2017-02-227020612-06ND
2017-02-227020612-05ND
2017-05-247050866-05ND
2017-05-247050866-07ND
2017-05-247050866-06ND
2017-08-167080612-06ND
2017-08-307081050-01ND
2017-11-217110768-02ND
2017-11-217110768-04ND
2018-02-148020424-05ND
2018-02-148020424-07ND
2018-02-148020424-06ND
2018-05-248051065-03ND
2018-05-248051065-01ND
2018-05-248051065-02ND
2018-08-238080967-02ND
2018-08-238080967-05ND
2018-11-098110409-05ND
2018-11-098110409-06ND
2019-02-069020165-03ND
2019-02-069020165-02ND
2019-02-069020165-01ND
2019-06-113039173007ND
2019-06-113039173003ND
2019-06-113039175003ND
2019-09-113057044001ND
2019-09-113057044003ND
2019-11-203071563007ND
2019-11-203071563003ND