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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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1,1-Dichloroethylene

Town of Culpeper

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

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30

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND40ND
2015ND50ND
2016ND50ND
2017ND20ND
2018ND80ND
2019ND60ND

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

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
2014-02-12E131102720ND
2014-02-12E131102735ND
2014-02-12E131102768ND
2014-07-15E140608831ND
2015-01-20VA010-DCLSND
2015-04-02VA010-DCLSND
2015-07-01VA010-DCLSND
2015-09-11VA010-DCLSND
2015-10-13VA010-DCLSND
2016-01-04E151204937ND
2016-04-19E160400309ND
2016-07-18E160700208ND
2016-07-18E160700196ND
2016-10-31E161003712ND
2017-01-17E161201174ND
2017-07-17E170602402ND
2018-01-22E171202488ND
2018-04-16E180305027ND
2018-05-16E180305052ND
2018-07-17E180602831ND
2018-07-17E180602847ND
2018-07-17E180602849ND
2018-10-16E180805338ND
2018-10-16E180805343ND
2019-01-15E181203748ND
2019-01-15E181203753ND
2019-04-16E190306540ND
2019-04-16E190306559ND
2019-07-16E190604186ND
2019-11-04E181203744ND