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alpha-Chlordane

City of Lovelady

NOTE: City of Lovelady purchases water from Houston County Water Control and Improvement District 1 which is required to test for alpha-chlordane. Sample information shown below was taken by Houston County Water Control and Improvement District 1.

The cancer-causing pesticide chlordane was banned in 1988. Chlordane is persistent and accumulates in the body. It is still found in the environment and in the bodies of adults and newborn babies.

 

6

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
2022ND40ND
2023ND10ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: City of Lovelady purchases water from Houston County Water Control and Improvement District 1 which is required to test for alpha-chlordane. Sample information shown below was taken by Houston County Water Control and Improvement District 1.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-02-27Q1808203006ND
2019-03-05Q1909272003ND
2020-02-19Q2006608001ND
2021-02-08Q2103689001ND
2022-01-10Q2200489001ND
2023-03-09Q2309430004ND