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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Trichloroacetic acid

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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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76

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

32

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND40ND
2015ND80ND
2016ND160ND
20170.720 ppb1612ND - 1.20 ppb
20180.555 ppb166ND - 1.80 ppb
20190.715 ppb1614ND - 0.950 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
2014-08-191327972ND
2014-08-191327971ND
2014-08-191327972ND
2014-08-191327971ND
2015-08-251422220ND
2015-08-251422221ND
2015-08-251422221ND
2015-08-251422220ND
2015-11-181445101ND
2015-11-181445102ND
2015-11-181445102ND
2015-11-181445101ND
2016-02-171468281ND
2016-02-171468282ND
2016-02-171468282ND
2016-02-171468281ND
2016-05-251494224ND
2016-05-251494225ND
2016-05-251494225ND
2016-05-251494224ND
2016-08-151516440ND
2016-08-151516441ND
2016-08-151516441ND
2016-08-151516440ND
2016-11-081539769ND
2016-11-081539769ND
2016-11-091539770ND
2016-11-091539770ND
2017-02-0235292874006ND
2017-02-0235292874005ND
2017-02-0235292874005ND
2017-02-0235292874006ND
2017-05-15353126420080.780 ppb
2017-05-15353126420070.760 ppb
2017-05-15353126420070.760 ppb
2017-05-15353126420080.780 ppb
2017-08-10353298050070.950 ppb
2017-08-10353298050081.20 ppb
2017-08-10353298050081.20 ppb
2017-08-10353298050070.950 ppb
2017-11-27353507550021.10 ppb
2017-11-27353507550010.970 ppb
2017-11-27353507550010.970 ppb
2017-11-27353507550021.10 ppb
2018-02-26353766010010.940 ppb
2018-02-2635376601002ND
2018-02-26353766010010.940 ppb
2018-02-2635376601002ND
2018-05-29353952080011.80 ppb
2018-05-29353952080021.70 ppb
2018-05-29353952080011.80 ppb
2018-05-29353952080021.70 ppb
2018-08-1635412064001ND
2018-08-1635412064002ND
2018-08-1635412064001ND
2018-08-1635412064002ND
2018-11-1935432392001ND
2018-11-1935432392002ND
2018-11-1935432392001ND
2018-11-1935432392002ND
2019-02-25354509600020.950 ppb
2019-02-25354509600010.950 ppb
2019-02-25354509600010.950 ppb
2019-02-25354509600020.950 ppb
2019-05-20354702210020.850 ppb
2019-05-20354702210020.850 ppb
2019-05-20354702210010.940 ppb
2019-05-20354702210010.940 ppb
2019-08-19354924050020.680 ppb
2019-08-1935492405001ND
2019-08-1935492405001ND
2019-08-19354924050020.680 ppb
2019-11-19355140770010.700 ppb
2019-11-19355140770020.650 ppb
2019-11-19355140770010.700 ppb
2019-11-19355140770020.650 ppb