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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Butachlor

Status: No national drinking water standard exists

 

Butachlor is a herbicide that is no longer used in the U.S.

2017-2019:

FOUND

4

states detected

7

utilities detected

73,926

people served

States reporting butachlor in drinking water

UTILITIES WITH CONTAMINATION
State UtilitiesPeople Served
South Carolina250,196
Wisconsin111,762
Texas311,639
New York1329
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Filtering technologies that reduce butachlor

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Utilities with the highest amounts of butachlor, 2017-2019

ALL UTILITIES
LARGE UTILITIES
UtilityLocationTestsAverage levelPeople served
Pocantico Hills Water DistrictValhalla, NY1 of 50.214 ppb329
Riverview Manor CondosManchester, NH1 of 20.0800 ppb110
Laurens CPW*Laurens, SC1 of 60.0267 ppb13,882
Port Washington WaterworksPort Washington, WI1 of 20.00500 ppb11,762
City of HillsboroHillsboro, TX1 of 240.00417 ppb8,456
Files Valley Water Supply Corporation*Itasca, TX1 of 240.00417 ppb3,183
Aquilla WSD*Hillsboro, TX1 of 240.00417 ppb0
Ely Municipal Water Department*Ely, NV1 of 110.00364 ppb5,000
Ruth Water DistrictMcgill, NV1 of 110.00364 ppb470

* This water utility supplies finished drinking water to at least one other water utility. The purchasing utility is not required to test for or report Butachlor, but it likely has the contaminant in its water supply.

UtilityLocationTestsAverage levelPeople served
Laurens CPW*Laurens, SC1 of 60.0267 ppb13,882
Port Washington WaterworksPort Washington, WI1 of 20.00500 ppb11,762

* This water utility supplies finished drinking water to at least one other water utility. The purchasing utility is not required to test for or report Butachlor, but it likely has the contaminant in its water supply.