Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Trifluralin

City of Troy

NOTE: City of Troy purchases water from City of Temple which is required to test for trifluralin. Sample information shown below was taken by City of Temple.

Trifluralin is a herbicide that is used on food crops and non-agricultural lands. It was banned in Europe in the late 2000s, primarily due to its ecological toxicity.

 

20

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019ND10ND
2020ND40ND
2021ND30ND
2022ND20ND
2023ND30ND

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EWG Health Guideline: 4 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 4 ppb for trifluralin was defined by the Environmental Protection Agency as 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

NOTE: City of Troy purchases water from City of Temple which is required to test for trifluralin. Sample information shown below was taken by City of Temple.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-02-02AE12038ND
2019-01-18AE50559ND
2019-05-31AE68739ND
2019-07-23AE75639ND
2019-10-23AE87443ND
2020-03-16AF02778ND
2020-04-22AF07553ND
2020-07-14AF19250ND
2020-10-01AF29351ND
2021-01-12AF38695ND
2021-04-06AF49082ND
2021-07-08AF61077ND
2022-02-01AF82962ND
2022-04-05AF92084ND
2022-07-13AG04598ND
2022-10-04AG15981ND
2023-01-04AG23241ND
2023-04-05AG35686ND
2023-07-06AG47432ND
2023-10-23AG60696ND