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Trichloroacetic acid

Moorestown Water Department

Trichloroacetic 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)

56

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2013N/A00N/A
20141.45 ppb169ND - 5.38 ppb
20151.05 ppb1611ND - 6.26 ppb
20160.913 ppb169ND - 3.80 ppb
20170.788 ppb168ND - 2.10 ppb
20181.19 ppb168ND - 4.00 ppb
20192.00 ppb1611ND - 5.20 ppb

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

EWG Health Guideline 0.1 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 0.1 ppb for trichloroacetic 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.a one-in-a-million lifetime risk of cancer. Values greater than one-in-a-million cancer risk level can result in increased cancer cases above one in a million people.

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
2014-05-21L5018037-24.15 ppb
2014-05-21L5018037-31.03 ppb
2014-05-21L5018037-14.54 ppb
2014-05-21L5018037-45.38 ppb
2014-08-20L5162159-21.30 ppb
2014-08-20L5162159-3ND
2014-08-20L5162159-11.31 ppb
2014-08-20L5162159-41.26 ppb
2014-11-19L5286870-3ND
2014-11-19L5286870-22.11 ppb
2014-11-19L5286870-1ND
2014-11-19L5286870-42.08 ppb
2015-02-25L4761273-41.62 ppb
2015-02-25L4761273-21.49 ppb
2015-02-25L4761273-16.26 ppb
2015-02-25L4761273-31.43 ppb
2015-05-27L5540386-40.580 ppb
2015-05-27L5540386-10.980 ppb
2015-05-27L5540386-20.460 ppb
2015-05-27L5540386-30.490 ppb
2015-08-26L5711781-40.570 ppb
2015-08-26L5711781-11.71 ppb
2015-08-26L5711781-21.14 ppb
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
2016-05-1834536083.80 ppb
2016-05-1834536101.70 ppb
2016-05-1834536111.50 ppb
2016-05-1834536091.10 ppb
2016-08-2435330111.70 ppb
2016-08-2435330131.10 ppb
2016-08-2435330141.10 ppb
2016-08-2435330121.10 ppb
2016-11-233593949ND
2016-11-2335939501.50 ppb
2016-11-233593948ND
2016-11-233593951ND
2017-02-213643832ND
2017-02-2136438302.10 ppb
2017-02-2136438331.30 ppb
2017-02-213643831ND
2017-05-173697664ND
2017-05-173697663ND
2017-05-173697661ND
2017-05-1736976621.60 ppb
2017-08-163761768ND
2017-08-1637617661.40 ppb
2017-08-1637617671.10 ppb
2017-08-1637617691.30 ppb
2017-11-2938295291.90 ppb
2017-11-2938295281.90 ppb
2017-11-293829531ND
2017-11-293829530ND
2018-02-213878243ND
2018-02-2138782404.00 ppb
2018-02-2138782411.20 ppb
2018-02-213878242ND
2018-05-233948310ND
2018-05-233948307ND
2018-05-233948309ND
2018-05-233948308ND
2018-08-224033917ND
2018-08-2240339163.10 ppb
2018-08-2240339183.10 ppb
2018-08-2240339151.60 ppb
2018-11-2841355782.00 ppb
2018-11-284135577ND
2018-11-2841355792.00 ppb
2018-11-2841355762.10 ppb
2019-02-2742125092.70 ppb
2019-02-274212508ND
2019-03-2042390231.30 ppb
2019-03-2042390241.10 ppb
2019-05-2243063661.30 ppb
2019-05-224306365ND
2019-05-2243063631.20 ppb
2019-05-2243063642.00 ppb
2019-08-0743808683.60 ppb
2019-08-074380865ND
2019-08-0743808664.30 ppb
2019-08-074380867ND
2019-11-064479822ND
2019-11-0644798234.90 ppb
2019-11-0644798245.20 ppb
2019-11-0644798254.40 ppb