Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

City of West

NOTE: City of West purchases water from City of Waco which is required to test for alachlor (lasso). Sample information shown below was taken by City of Waco.

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

 

13

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019ND30ND
2020ND20ND
2021ND20ND
2022ND10ND
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

NOTE: City of West purchases water from City of Waco which is required to test for alachlor (lasso). Sample information shown below was taken by City of Waco.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-01-09AE08463ND
2018-01-09AE08464ND
2019-01-23AE51053ND
2019-01-23AE51054ND
2020-02-05AE97177ND
2020-02-05AE97178ND
2020-02-05AE97179ND
2021-03-17AF47324ND
2021-03-17AF47325ND
2022-01-26AF82013ND
2022-01-26AF82015ND
2023-03-01AG31198ND
2023-05-10AG40106ND