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Monochloroacetic acid

Moorestown Water Department

Monochloroacetic 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
2013N/A00N/A
2014ND160ND
2015ND160ND
2016ND160ND
2017ND160ND
2018ND160ND
2019ND160ND

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

EWG Health Guideline 53 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 53 ppb for monochloroacetic 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 system toxicity.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2014-02-12L4899251-1ND
2014-02-12L4899251-2ND
2014-02-12L4899251-3ND
2014-02-12L4899251-4ND
2014-05-21L5018037-2ND
2014-05-21L5018037-3ND
2014-05-21L5018037-1ND
2014-05-21L5018037-4ND
2014-08-20L5162159-2ND
2014-08-20L5162159-3ND
2014-08-20L5162159-1ND
2014-08-20L5162159-4ND
2014-11-19L5286870-3ND
2014-11-19L5286870-2ND
2014-11-19L5286870-1ND
2014-11-19L5286870-4ND
2015-02-25L4761273-4ND
2015-02-25L4761273-2ND
2015-02-25L4761273-1ND
2015-02-25L4761273-3ND
2015-05-27L5540386-4ND
2015-05-27L5540386-1ND
2015-05-27L5540386-2ND
2015-05-27L5540386-3ND
2015-08-26L5711781-4ND
2015-08-26L5711781-1ND
2015-08-26L5711781-2ND
2015-08-26L5711781-3ND
2015-11-18L5919380-6ND
2015-11-18L5919380-3ND
2015-11-18L5919380-5ND
2015-11-18L5919380-4ND
2016-02-17L6016882-4ND
2016-02-17L6016882-1ND
2016-02-17L6016882-3ND
2016-02-17L6016882-2ND
2016-05-183453608ND
2016-05-183453610ND
2016-05-183453611ND
2016-05-183453609ND
2016-08-243533011ND
2016-08-243533013ND
2016-08-243533014ND
2016-08-243533012ND
2016-11-233593949ND
2016-11-233593950ND
2016-11-233593948ND
2016-11-233593951ND
2017-02-213643832ND
2017-02-213643830ND
2017-02-213643833ND
2017-02-213643831ND
2017-05-173697664ND
2017-05-173697663ND
2017-05-173697661ND
2017-05-173697662ND
2017-08-163761768ND
2017-08-163761766ND
2017-08-163761767ND
2017-08-163761769ND
2017-11-293829529ND
2017-11-293829528ND
2017-11-293829531ND
2017-11-293829530ND
2018-02-213878243ND
2018-02-213878240ND
2018-02-213878241ND
2018-02-213878242ND
2018-05-233948310ND
2018-05-233948307ND
2018-05-233948309ND
2018-05-233948308ND
2018-08-224033917ND
2018-08-224033916ND
2018-08-224033918ND
2018-08-224033915ND
2018-11-284135578ND
2018-11-284135577ND
2018-11-284135579ND
2018-11-284135576ND
2019-02-274212509ND
2019-02-274212508ND
2019-03-204239023ND
2019-03-204239024ND
2019-05-224306366ND
2019-05-224306365ND
2019-05-224306363ND
2019-05-224306364ND
2019-08-074380868ND
2019-08-074380865ND
2019-08-074380866ND
2019-08-074380867ND
2019-11-064479822ND
2019-11-064479823ND
2019-11-064479824ND
2019-11-064479825ND