Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

1,1-Dichloroethylene

South Jasper Water Supply Corporation

1,1-Dichloroethylene is used for plastics production. It damages DNA and causes cancer in laboratory animal studies.

 

12

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

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

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL): 7 ppb

The legal limit for 1,1-dichloroethylene, established in 1987, was based on a toxicity study conducted in laboratory animals in the 1980s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-05-07AE25393ND
2018-05-07AE25395ND
2019-03-04AE56883ND
2019-03-04AE56899ND
2020-08-18AF24149ND
2020-08-18AF24153ND
2021-06-29AF59936ND
2021-06-29AF59940ND
2022-04-12AF92965ND
2022-04-12AF92971ND
2023-03-14AG32842ND
2023-03-14AG32844ND