Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Dicamba

Ruth Water District

NOTE: Ruth Water District purchases water from Ely Municipal Water Department which is required to test for dicamba. Sample information shown below was taken by Ely Municipal Water Department.

Dicamba is a herbicide sold for agricultural and residential uses. Dicamba-resistant GMO corn and soybeans are currently being marketed, indicating that dicamba spraying will increase across the U.S. Dicamba harms the brain and nervous system, and may also harm reproduction and child development.

 

8

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019ND10ND
2020N/A00N/A
2021N/A00N/A
2022ND50ND
2023ND20ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: Ruth Water District purchases water from Ely Municipal Water Department which is required to test for dicamba. Sample information shown below was taken by Ely Municipal Water Department.

Date Lab ID Result
2019-09-26201910010466ND
2022-03-10202203160074ND
2022-05-12380-1966-1ND
2022-07-07380-9979-1ND
2022-08-25810-36089-1ND
2022-08-25810-36089-2ND
2023-05-10380-47459-1ND
2023-11-08380-71012-1ND