Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Picloram

Dean Dale Special Utility District

NOTE: Dean Dale Special Utility District purchases water from City of Wichita Falls which is required to test for picloram. Sample information shown below was taken by City of Wichita Falls.

Picloram is a herbicide that in studies of laboratory animals has been linked with reduced testicular size and damage to the liver and thyroid.

 

9

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

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

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EWG Health Guideline: 166 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 166 ppb for picloram was defined 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. This health guideline protects against change to internal organs.

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL): 500 ppb

The legal limit for picloram, established in 1992, was based on toxicity studies in laboratory animals conducted in the 1980s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: Dean Dale Special Utility District purchases water from City of Wichita Falls which is required to test for picloram. Sample information shown below was taken by City of Wichita Falls.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-11-14Q1846491007ND
2020-02-25Q2006937003ND
2020-06-02Q2021821001ND
2020-09-03Q2035218003ND
2020-11-10Q2044047011ND
2021-02-03Q2103346009ND
2021-08-16Q2121825007ND
2022-08-17Q2224340013ND
2023-08-21Q2335127016ND