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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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1,1-Dichloroethylene

Shawano Co. Utility

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

 

24

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND40ND
2015ND40ND
2016ND40ND
2017ND40ND
2018ND40ND
2019ND40ND

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
2014-03-19775750ND
2014-04-15780543ND
2014-08-19811520ND
2014-11-18832018ND
2015-03-17848835ND
2015-06-15865705ND
2015-09-08881303ND
2015-11-17894386ND
2016-02-16905511ND
2016-04-18916035ND
2016-08-09938143ND
2016-10-25955476ND
2017-03-06976137ND
2017-05-30994131ND
2017-09-111017363ND
2017-10-231025634ND
2018-02-051039546ND
2018-06-111060434ND
2018-08-131073445ND
2018-11-261094177ND
2019-02-251106597ND
2019-05-201122049ND
2019-09-161148212ND
2019-10-211156363ND