Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Picloram

City of Alvarado

NOTE: City of Alvarado purchases water from Johnson County SUD which is required to test for picloram. Sample information shown below was taken by Johnson County SUD.

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

 

19

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018N/A00N/A
2019N/A00N/A
2020ND40ND
2021N/A00N/A
2022N/A00N/A
2023ND90ND

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: City of Alvarado purchases water from Johnson County SUD which is required to test for picloram. Sample information shown below was taken by Johnson County SUD.

Date Lab ID Result
2020-01-28Q2003074013ND
2020-01-28Q2003074014ND
2020-01-28Q2003074015ND
2020-01-28Q2003074012ND
2020-05-05Q2017189008ND
2020-06-17Q2024616013ND
2020-06-17Q2024616014ND
2020-10-07Q2039319017ND
2020-10-07Q2039319016ND
2020-10-07Q2039319002ND
2023-04-06Q2312829007ND
2023-10-26Q2346224003ND
2023-10-26Q2346224015ND
2023-10-26Q2346224016ND
2023-10-26Q2346224017ND
2023-10-26Q2346224028ND
2023-10-26Q2346224029ND
2023-10-26Q2346224052ND
2023-11-21Q2350132006ND