Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

White River Municipal Water District

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

 

7

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

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

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
2018-02-06Q1804613001ND
2019-02-12Q1906201001ND
2020-05-19Q2019886002ND
2021-02-23Q2104538001ND
2022-03-14Q2208563001ND
2022-06-02Q2215628003ND
2023-02-09Q2305226004ND