Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

Erie City Water Authority

Alachlor is a widely used agricultural herbicide. It causes cancer in laboratory animals and may be carcinogenic to people.

 

15

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND30ND
2019ND30ND
2020ND40ND
2021ND10ND
2022N/A00N/A
2023ND40ND

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL): 2 ppb

The legal limit for alachlor, established in 1991, was based on toxicity studies in laboratory animals conducted in the 1980s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-01-083849233ND
2018-05-213941492ND
2018-08-214030511ND
2019-05-214302818ND
2019-09-104415501ND
2019-11-184489098ND
2020-04-0122141732.00ND
2020-05-1822336508.00ND
2020-08-2622923676.00ND
2020-09-2323112747.00ND
2021-05-1924561622.00ND
2023-04-0428826008.00ND
2023-04-1828826410.00ND
2023-08-0929625446.00ND
2023-09-1429816663.00ND