Dibromoacetic acid

NJ American Water - Liberty

Dibromoacetic 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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192

Samples

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

Year	Average result	Samples taken	Detections	Range of results
2014	ND	32	0	ND
2015	0.0656 ppb	32	2	ND - 1.10 ppb
2016	ND	32	0	ND
2017	0.175 ppb	32	5	ND - 1.20 ppb
2018	ND	32	0	ND
2019	ND	32	0	ND

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

EWG Health Guideline 0.04 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 0.04 ppb for dibromoacetic acid was defined in a peer-reviewed scientific study by EWG and represents a on-in-a-million lifetime cancer risk level. This health guideline protects against cancer.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date	Lab ID	Result
2014-02-04	24726301	ND
2014-02-04	24726001	ND
2014-02-04	24726201	ND
2014-02-04	24726601	ND
2014-02-04	24726501	ND
2014-02-04	24725901	ND
2014-02-04	24726101	ND
2014-02-04	24726401	ND
2014-05-13	26023801	ND
2014-05-13	26023301	ND
2014-05-13	26023601	ND
2014-05-14	26023501	ND
2014-05-14	26023201	ND
2014-05-14	26023401	ND
2014-05-14	26023701	ND
2014-05-14	26023101	ND
2014-08-04	26599701	ND
2014-08-04	26599101	ND
2014-08-04	26599601	ND
2014-08-04	26599901	ND
2014-08-04	26599001	ND
2014-08-04	26599801	ND
2014-08-05	26600201	ND
2014-08-05	26599201	ND
2014-11-03	27407601	ND
2014-11-03	27408101	ND
2014-11-03	27408401	ND
2014-11-03	27407501	ND
2014-11-04	27408201	ND
2014-11-04	27407701	ND
2014-11-04	27408301	ND
2014-11-05	27408701	ND
2015-02-02	28098601	ND
2015-02-02	28099501	ND
2015-02-02	28098501	ND
2015-02-03	28099601	ND
2015-02-03	28100201	ND
2015-02-03	28098801	ND
2015-02-03	28099701	ND
2015-02-06	28099901	1.000 ppb
2015-05-05	29052001	ND
2015-05-05	29052501	ND
2015-05-05	29051501	ND
2015-05-05	29052101	ND
2015-05-06	29051401	ND
2015-05-06	29051901	ND
2015-05-06	29052201	ND
2015-05-06	29051301	1.10 ppb
2015-08-04	30038401	ND
2015-08-04	30038801	ND
2015-08-04	30037501	ND
2015-08-04	30038501	ND
2015-08-05	30037201	ND
2015-08-05	30038301	ND
2015-08-05	30038701	ND
2015-08-05	30037001	ND
2015-11-03	30730001	ND
2015-11-03	30730401	ND
2015-11-03	30729101	ND
2015-11-03	30730101	ND
2015-11-04	30728801	ND
2015-11-04	30729901	ND
2015-11-04	30730301	ND
2015-11-04	30728601	ND
2016-02-02	31366601	ND
2016-02-02	31367101	ND
2016-02-02	31365401	ND
2016-02-02	31366701	ND
2016-02-03	31365001	ND
2016-02-03	31366501	ND
2016-02-03	31367001	ND
2016-02-03	31364801	ND
2016-05-03	32067801	ND
2016-05-03	32068201	ND
2016-05-03	32066901	ND
2016-05-03	32067901	ND
2016-05-04	32066601	ND
2016-05-04	32067701	ND
2016-05-04	32068101	ND
2016-05-04	32066401	ND
2016-08-02	33095701	ND
2016-08-02	33096001	ND
2016-08-02	33094801	ND
2016-08-02	33095801	ND
2016-08-03	33094501	ND
2016-08-03	33095601	ND
2016-08-03	33095901	ND
2016-08-03	33094301	ND
2016-11-01	33938701	ND
2016-11-01	33939601	ND
2016-11-01	33937201	ND
2016-11-01	33938901	ND
2016-11-02	33936801	ND
2016-11-02	33938501	ND
2016-11-02	33939101	ND
2016-11-02	33936401	ND
2017-02-01	34787601	ND
2017-02-01	34789701	ND
2017-02-01	34790401	ND
2017-02-01	34787201	ND
2017-02-02	34789901	ND
2017-02-02	34790901	ND
2017-02-02	34788101	ND
2017-02-02	34790101	ND
2017-05-01	35653001	ND
2017-05-01	35654701	ND
2017-05-01	35655301	ND
2017-05-01	35652601	ND
2017-05-02	35654901	ND
2017-05-02	35655901	1.000 ppb
2017-05-02	35653401	1.10 ppb
2017-05-02	35655101	1.20 ppb
2017-08-01	36886701	ND
2017-08-01	36888401	ND
2017-08-01	36889001	1.10 ppb
2017-08-01	36886301	1.20 ppb
2017-08-02	36888601	ND
2017-08-02	36889501	ND
2017-08-02	36887101	ND
2017-08-02	36888801	ND
2017-11-01	37794701	ND
2017-11-01	37796401	ND
2017-11-01	37797001	ND
2017-11-01	37794301	ND
2017-11-02	37796601	ND
2017-11-02	37797501	ND
2017-11-02	37795101	ND
2017-11-02	37796801	ND
2018-02-01	38745901	ND
2018-02-01	38744101	ND
2018-02-01	38745201	ND
2018-02-02	38745001	ND
2018-02-02	38743701	ND
2018-02-02	38744801	ND
2018-02-02	38745401	ND
2018-02-02	38743501	ND
2018-05-01	39575101	ND
2018-05-01	39575501	ND
2018-05-01	39574801	ND
2018-05-01	39575201	ND
2018-05-02	39574701	ND
2018-05-02	39575001	ND
2018-05-02	39575301	ND
2018-05-02	39574601	ND
2018-08-01	40754601	ND
2018-08-01	40755401	ND
2018-08-01	40754501	ND
2018-08-02	40755201	ND
2018-08-02	40755101	ND
2018-08-02	40755801	ND
2018-08-02	40754701	ND
2018-08-02	40755301	ND
2018-11-01	42078401	ND
2018-11-01	42079001	ND
2018-11-01	42078301	ND
2018-11-01	42078501	ND
2018-11-02	42078801	ND
2018-11-02	42078701	ND
2018-11-02	42079201	ND
2018-11-02	42078901	ND
2019-02-04	43062501	ND
2019-02-04	43062301	ND
2019-02-04	43062201	ND
2019-02-05	43062701	ND
2019-02-05	43062601	ND
2019-02-05	43062401	ND
2019-02-05	43062101	ND
2019-02-05	43062801	ND
2019-05-06	44260501	ND
2019-05-06	44260601	ND
2019-05-06	44260901	ND
2019-05-06	44260301	ND
2019-05-07	44260701	ND
2019-05-07	44261001	ND
2019-05-07	44260401	ND
2019-05-07	44260801	ND
2019-08-13	45923101	ND
2019-08-13	45923401	ND
2019-08-13	45922901	ND
2019-08-13	45923201	ND
2019-08-14	45923001	ND
2019-08-14	45923501	ND
2019-08-14	45923301	ND
2019-08-14	45922801	ND
2019-11-04	47261401	ND
2019-11-04	47261201	ND
2019-11-04	47260701	ND
2019-11-05	47261001	ND
2019-11-05	47261301	ND
2019-11-05	47260801	ND
2019-11-05	47261101	ND
2019-11-06	47260901	ND