Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Dicamba

City of West

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

Dicamba is a herbicide sold for agricultural and residential uses. Dicamba-resistant GMO corn and soybeans are currently being marketed, indicating that dicamba spraying will increase across the U.S. Dicamba harms the brain and nervous system, and may also harm reproduction and child development.

 

5

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
2019ND20ND
2020ND20ND
2021ND10ND
2022ND20ND
2023ND10ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

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

Date Lab ID Result
2019-01-23AE51014ND
2019-01-23AE51015ND
2020-02-05AE97144ND
2022-01-26AF82004ND
2022-01-26AF82005ND