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Dichloroacetic acid

Berlin Water Department

Dichloroacetic 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)

64

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20141.43 ppb1610ND - 9.00 ppb
20151.65 ppb16160.530 ppb - 7.45 ppb
20160.688 ppb163ND - 5.50 ppb
20171.43 ppb1611ND - 6.20 ppb
20181.98 ppb1611ND - 6.30 ppb
20191.94 ppb1613ND - 6.90 ppb

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

EWG Health Guideline 0.2 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 0.2 ppb for dichloroacetic 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
2014-03-11L4976583-11.13 ppb
2014-03-11L4976583-29.00 ppb
2014-03-11L4976583-34.10 ppb
2014-03-11L4976583-4ND
2014-06-09L5106402-31.49 ppb
2014-06-09L5106402-21.17 ppb
2014-06-09L5106402-4ND
2014-06-09L5106402-1ND
2014-09-08L5239835-4ND
2014-09-08L5239835-3ND
2014-09-08L5239835-1ND
2014-09-08L5239835-21.25 ppb
2014-12-09L5358773-30.980 ppb
2014-12-09L5358773-21.62 ppb
2014-12-09L5358773-10.380 ppb
2014-12-09L5358773-41.78 ppb
2015-03-10L5492784-40.730 ppb
2015-03-10L5492784-27.45 ppb
2015-03-10L5492784-10.810 ppb
2015-03-10L5492784-34.64 ppb
2015-06-10L5644202-31.69 ppb
2015-06-10L5644202-10.670 ppb
2015-06-10L5644202-41.37 ppb
2015-06-10L5644202-21.37 ppb
2015-09-09L5815489-31.11 ppb
2015-09-09L5815489-10.690 ppb
2015-09-09L5815489-41.19 ppb
2015-09-09L5815489-21.20 ppb
2015-12-10L5956662-10.530 ppb
2015-12-10L5956662-20.870 ppb
2015-12-10L5956662-41.08 ppb
2015-12-10L5956662-31.06 ppb
2016-03-093413968ND
2016-03-0934139713.90 ppb
2016-03-0934139695.50 ppb
2016-03-0934139701.60 ppb
2016-06-083468633ND
2016-06-083468631ND
2016-06-083468630ND
2016-06-083468632ND
2016-09-063540046ND
2016-09-063540044ND
2016-09-063540043ND
2016-09-063540045ND
2016-12-073601346ND
2016-12-073601347ND
2016-12-073601344ND
2016-12-073601345ND
2017-03-0836513224.00 ppb
2017-03-083651324ND
2017-03-0836513211.70 ppb
2017-03-0836513236.20 ppb
2017-06-0837107601.10 ppb
2017-06-083710761ND
2017-06-083710763ND
2017-06-0837107621.20 ppb
2017-09-1137762551.20 ppb
2017-09-113776257ND
2017-09-1137762561.30 ppb
2017-09-1137762541.20 ppb
2017-12-0838385631.80 ppb
2017-12-0838385611.80 ppb
2017-12-0838385621.40 ppb
2017-12-083838564ND
2018-03-0938889401.50 ppb
2018-03-093888943ND
2018-03-0938889426.30 ppb
2018-03-0938889412.90 ppb
2018-06-1339616561.10 ppb
2018-06-133961659ND
2018-06-133961657ND
2018-06-1339616581.80 ppb
2018-09-1040516111.50 ppb
2018-09-1040516121.50 ppb
2018-09-1040516101.90 ppb
2018-09-104051613ND
2018-12-0741442745.00 ppb
2018-12-0741442755.70 ppb
2018-12-0741442732.50 ppb
2018-12-074144276ND
2019-03-084224479ND
2019-03-0842244763.30 ppb
2019-03-0842244786.90 ppb
2019-03-0842244774.20 ppb
2019-06-0743222651.10 ppb
2019-06-0743222661.40 ppb
2019-06-074322268ND
2019-06-0743222672.30 ppb
2019-09-1944322261.90 ppb
2019-09-194432229ND
2019-09-1944322281.70 ppb
2019-09-1944322271.30 ppb
2019-12-0345049141.000 ppb
2019-12-0345049132.10 ppb
2019-12-0345049122.70 ppb
2019-12-0345049111.10 ppb