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Trichloroacetic acid

City of Hewitt

Trichloroacetic acid, one of the group of five haloacetic acids regulated by federal standards, is formed when chlorine or other disinfectants are used to treat drinking water. Haloacetic acids and other disinfection byproducts increase the risk of cancer and may cause problems during pregnancy. Click here to read more about disinfection byproducts.

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96

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

19

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2013N/A00N/A
20140.294 ppb164ND - 1.60 ppb
20151.07 ppb165ND - 6.70 ppb
20160.163 ppb162ND - 1.50 ppb
20170.0938 ppb161ND - 1.50 ppb
20180.1000 ppb161ND - 1.60 ppb
20190.525 ppb166ND - 1.80 ppb

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

EWG Health Guideline 0.1 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 0.1 ppb for trichloroacetic acid was proposed in 2020 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.a one-in-a-million lifetime risk of cancer. Values greater than one-in-a-million cancer risk level can result in increased cancer cases above one in a million people.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2014-03-13AC469211.10 ppb
2014-03-13AC46940ND
2014-03-13AC469181.60 ppb
2014-03-13AC46919ND
2014-04-17AC51046ND
2014-04-17AC510471.000 ppb
2014-04-17AC51052ND
2014-04-17AC51048ND
2014-09-15AC67011ND
2014-09-15AC67016ND
2014-09-15AC67015ND
2014-09-15AC67020ND
2014-11-18AC723961.000 ppb
2014-11-18AC72394ND
2014-11-18AC72390ND
2014-11-18AC72398ND
2015-03-23AC85483ND
2015-03-23AC85481ND
2015-03-23AC85480ND
2015-03-23AC85479ND
2015-04-21AC89008ND
2015-04-21AC89006ND
2015-04-21AC89014ND
2015-04-21AC89005ND
2015-07-15AC99629ND
2015-07-15AC99630ND
2015-07-15AC996346.70 ppb
2015-07-15AC996335.30 ppb
2015-10-28AD11977ND
2015-10-28AD119751.50 ppb
2015-10-28AD119781.90 ppb
2015-10-28AD119741.70 ppb
2016-01-20AD18922ND
2016-01-20AD18923ND
2016-01-20AD18926ND
2016-01-20AD189241.50 ppb
2016-04-06AD320631.10 ppb
2016-04-06AD32064ND
2016-04-06AD32068ND
2016-04-06AD32062ND
2016-07-13AD44068ND
2016-07-13AD44066ND
2016-07-13AD44069ND
2016-07-13AD44061ND
2016-10-12AD53151ND
2016-10-12AD53143ND
2016-10-12AD53144ND
2016-10-12AD53138ND
2017-02-06AD69164ND
2017-02-06AD69165ND
2017-02-06AD691661.50 ppb
2017-02-06AD69162ND
2017-04-03AD78016ND
2017-04-03AD78017ND
2017-04-03AD78018ND
2017-04-03AD78015ND
2017-07-19AD89922ND
2017-07-19AD89921ND
2017-07-19AD89926ND
2017-07-19AD89928ND
2017-10-09AD99747ND
2017-10-09AD99744ND
2017-10-09AD99741ND
2017-10-09AD99746ND
2018-02-07AE12732ND
2018-02-07AE12740ND
2018-02-07AE12733ND
2018-02-07AE12741ND
2018-04-19AE23205ND
2018-04-19AE23206ND
2018-04-19AE232121.60 ppb
2018-04-19AE23214ND
2018-08-15AE37157ND
2018-08-15AE37170ND
2018-08-15AE37172ND
2018-08-15AE37174ND
2018-11-06AE45351ND
2018-11-06AE45349ND
2018-11-06AE45348ND
2018-11-06AE45352ND
2019-02-12AE540251.50 ppb
2019-02-12AE54027ND
2019-02-12AE54023ND
2019-02-12AE54029ND
2019-04-22AE63135ND
2019-04-22AE63141ND
2019-04-22AE63138ND
2019-04-22AE63139ND
2019-08-26AE80522ND
2019-08-26AE805181.60 ppb
2019-08-26AE805211.40 ppb
2019-08-26AE805191.80 ppb
2019-10-17AE868821.10 ppb
2019-10-17AE86887ND
2019-10-17AE86880ND
2019-10-17AE868831.000 ppb