Methyl ethyl ketone

Status: No national drinking water standard exists

Methyl ethyl ketone is a volatile solvent used in paints, adhesives, and other industrial and consumer goods.

2017-2019:

FOUND

states detected

918

utilities detected

4.9 million

people served

Health concerns for methyl ethyl ketone

Eye and lung irritation

States reporting methyl ethyl ketone in drinking water

	UTILITIES WITH CONTAMINATION
State	Utilities	People Served
Texas		885	4,684,689
California		9	166,488
New Jersey		6	48,832
Nevada		10	6,952
Michigan		4	1,083
Georgia		1	780
Massachusetts		1	132
New York		1	43
Connecticut		1	40

LESS

Filtering technologies that reduce methyl ethyl ketone

Utilities with the highest amounts of methyl ethyl ketone, 2017-2019

ALL UTILITIES

LARGE UTILITIES

Utility	Location	Tests	Average level	People served
Lake Livingston Eagles Nest Water	Livingston, TX	1 of 1	742.0 ppb	65
Marchi Central Farm	Pescadero, CA	1 of 1	450.0 ppb	50
Ladd Hill Mobile Home Park	Franklin, NH	1 of 7	315.7 ppb	68
City of Reno	Azle, TX	12 of 35	98.9 ppb	2,700
Water Association of North Lake	Aubrey, TX	1 of 4	71.3 ppb	29
Rocky Creek Subdivision Water System	Pflugerville, TX	1 of 6	70.0 ppb	117
Regency At Stow Condominiums	Stow, MA	1 of 1	60.4 ppb	132
Beaumont Place	Cypress, TX	1 of 8	59.4 ppb	2,082
North Woods Nursing Center	Bear Lake, MI	2 of 4	45.3 ppb	71
Benzonia Village of	Riverside, MI	1 of 2	41.0 ppb	491
Knolls Water Company Inc.	West Nyack, NY	1 of 1	22.0 ppb	282
Rockhouse Mountain	Conway, NH	1 of 5	20.0 ppb	412
Caspar South Service Company	Santa Rosa, CA	2 of 2	19.3 ppb	188
Mooreland Subdivision Water System	Cypress, TX	2 of 8	18.5 ppb	144
Mcfarland Village Apartments	Houston, TX	1 of 5	18.4 ppb	120
City of Bridge City	Bridge City, TX	1 of 12	14.9 ppb	8,651
Johnson Creek	Durham, NH	1 of 2	14.5 ppb	50
Camp Stanley Storage Activity	Boerne, TX	2 of 20	14.1 ppb	130
Vista Verde Water Systems	Kirbyville, TX	1 of 6	13.7 ppb	111
Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District 35	Houston, TX	1 of 5	13.6 ppb	6,609
Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District 34*	Houston, TX	1 of 5	13.6 ppb	3,756
Brookwoods Mobile Manor	Boiceville, NY	1 of 1	13.0 ppb	50
Elliott Apartments	Owls Head, ME	1 of 2	13.0 ppb	55
Smetana Forest	Houston, TX	1 of 5	11.6 ppb	150
Enchanted Forest	Vidor, TX	1 of 12	10.6 ppb	339
Delsea Woods Community LLC	Green Creek, NJ	1 of 1	10.5 ppb	95
Cottages At Windchimes	Concord, NH	1 of 3	10.3 ppb	75
Hills & Dales	Pflugerville, TX	1 of 10	9.70 ppb	222
City of Andrews	Andrews, TX	2 of 5	9.33 ppb	11,088
Cottonwood Mobile Home Park	Carson City, NV	3 of 3	9.23 ppb	250
Browns Mobile Home Park	Richmond, TX	1 of 5	9.00 ppb	57
Lake South Water Supply Corporation	Conroe, TX	1 of 6	8.50 ppb	795
Verdi Meadows Utility Company Inc.	Reno, NV	2 of 2	8.45 ppb	510
Crystal Tp	Verdi, NV	1 of 1	8.20 ppb	80
Monroe Water Department	Woodsville, NH	1 of 6	8.17 ppb	300
Crazy Horse Ranch Water	Collinsville, TX	2 of 10	8.01 ppb	177
City of Lyford	Lyford, TX	1 of 6	8.00 ppb	2,611
Collins Water System	Collins, GA	2 of 2	8.00 ppb	780
Mount Rose Bowl Property Owners Water Co.	Reno, NV	1 of 1	7.90 ppb	40
Canyon Lake Mobile Home Estates	Austin, TX	1 of 9	7.78 ppb	2,073
Kingston Town Water Utilities	Austin, NV	1 of 2	7.50 ppb	350
Lake Pointe Condominiums	South Haven, MI	1 of 2	7.00 ppb	74
Little Johns Trailer Park	N. Norwich, NY	1 of 2	7.00 ppb	43
Imlay Water System	Lovelock, NV	1 of 1	6.60 ppb	200
Swartz Creek Meadows	Drummond Island, MI	1 of 12	6.42 ppb	400
Kansas City Board of Public Utilities*	Kansas City, KS	1 of 3	6.33 ppb	152,958
Suburban Water Company*	Basehor, KS	1 of 3	6.33 ppb	4,700
Oakdale Manor Water Association	Southbury, CT	1 of 1	6.18 ppb	40
Cws-onyx Water System	San Jose, CA	1 of 1	6.13 ppb	776
River Bend Mobile Home Park	Reno, NV	1 of 2	6.00 ppb	45

* 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 Methyl ethyl ketone, but it likely has the contaminant in its water supply.

Utility	Location	Tests	Average level	People served
City of Andrews	Andrews, TX	2 of 5	9.33 ppb	11,088
Kansas City Board of Public Utilities*	Kansas City, KS	1 of 3	6.33 ppb	152,958
Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority	Atlantic City, NJ	2 of 8	5.90 ppb	152,415
City of Deer Park	Deer Park, TX	1 of 10	4.70 ppb	32,964
Sharyland Water Supply Corporation	Mission, TX	1 of 19	3.58 ppb	57,045
Carson City Public Works*	Carson City, NV	5 of 57	1.74 ppb	56,000
Harris County MUD 168	Sugar Land, TX	1 of 11	1.73 ppb	13,029
Hudson Water Supply Corporation	Lufkin, TX	3 of 7	1.28 ppb	10,211
West Cedar Creek MUD	Tool, TX	6 of 12	1.21 ppb	19,185
City of Marshall	Marshall, TX	3 of 6	1.20 ppb	23,091
Ventnor City Water & Sewer Utility	Ventor City, NJ	8 of 27	1.16 ppb	22,150
City of Sulphur Springs*	Sulphur Springs, TX	2 of 6	1.07 ppb	15,449
Lamar County Water Supply District*	Paris, TX	3 of 6	1.02 ppb	22,269
City of Paris*	Paris, TX	3 of 6	1.02 ppb	25,498
City of Bonham	Bonham, TX	2 of 6	1.01 ppb	10,123
City of Mineral Wells*	Mineral Wells, TX	3 of 6	0.830 ppb	14,826
City of Midlothian*	Midlothian, TX	4 of 13	0.773 ppb	16,728
Suburban Water Systems - La Mirada	Covina, CA	1 of 10	0.740 ppb	56,953
El Monte Water Department	El Monte, CA	1 of 14	0.714 ppb	22,968
East Cedar Creek FWSD Brookshire	Mabank, TX	3 of 6	0.682 ppb	13,254
City of Jasper	Jasper, TX	1 of 21	0.667 ppb	11,825
Cypress Springs SUD N Plant 1 and NE Plant	Mount Vernon, TX	4 of 12	0.639 ppb	11,232
City of Rialto	Rialto, CA	1 of 16	0.625 ppb	48,623
City of Corsicana*	Corsicana, TX	4 of 12	0.618 ppb	23,770
City of Ennis*	Ennis, TX	2 of 6	0.543 ppb	18,660
City of Sweetwater*	Sweetwater, TX	1 of 6	0.517 ppb	11,760
Texarkana Water Utilities*	Texarkana, TX	5 of 12	0.501 ppb	38,418
City of Santa Barbara Water Department*	Santa Barbara, CA	1 of 20	0.500 ppb	92,371
City of Grapevine	Grapevine, TX	1 of 6	0.500 ppb	47,851
City of Azle*	Azle, TX	1 of 6	0.483 ppb	11,800
City of Celina	Celina, TX	1 of 5	0.476 ppb	18,860
City of Red Oak	Red Oak, TX	2 of 5	0.462 ppb	10,934
City of Grand Prairie	Grand Prairie, TX	2 of 25	0.461 ppb	187,050
Walnut Creek SUD*	Springtown, TX	2 of 6	0.452 ppb	23,118
City of Mabank*	Mabank, TX	2 of 6	0.447 ppb	11,349
City of Granbury*	Granbury, TX	25 of 72	0.428 ppb	11,300
City of Nacogdoches*	Nacogdoches, TX	3 of 11	0.387 ppb	48,303
University Park	Dallas, TX	3 of 6	0.381 ppb	23,040
City of Colleyville	Colleyville, TX	2 of 6	0.347 ppb	25,010
City of Palestine*	Palestine, TX	1 of 6	0.345 ppb	27,477
City of Pleasanton	Pleasanton, TX	1 of 35	0.343 ppb	13,776
City of Jacksonville*	Jacksonville, TX	12 of 34	0.336 ppb	14,544
City of Cedar Hill	Cedar Hill, TX	2 of 5	0.321 ppb	48,710
City of Waxahachie*	Waxahachie, TX	3 of 13	0.316 ppb	36,422
City of Cleburne	Cleburne, TX	9 of 37	0.315 ppb	30,573
Mountain Peak SUD*	Midlothian, TX	7 of 28	0.309 ppb	16,008
City of Stephenville	Stephenville, TX	8 of 22	0.282 ppb	21,640
Elk Grove Water Service	Elk Grove, CA	1 of 21	0.257 ppb	40,461
City of Kilgore*	Kilgore, TX	3 of 15	0.242 ppb	14,948
City of Fairfield*	Fairfield, CA	1 of 46	0.239 ppb	100,147