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CONTAMINANT

Metribuzin

STATES DETECTED

4

serves

28,017

utilities detected

9

Overview

Metribuzin is a herbicide used on food crops, and on lawns or turf grass. In high doses, it affects the brain and nervous system, and exposures may also affect the thyroid and liver.

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Metribuzin around the Country

UTILITIES WITH CONTAMINATION
State Utilities People Served
Wisconsin312,535
Kansas28,742
Minnesota35,267
Texas11,473

Utilities with the highest amounts of metribuzin, 2021-2023

ALL UTILITIES
LARGE UTILITIES
Utility Location Tests Average level People served
Oak Lane Mobile Home ParkStevens Point, WI1 of 10.140 ppb40
DanubeDanube, MN1 of 10.110 ppb493
Allen County Rural Water District 13Chanute, KS1 of 30.0900 ppb100
Chanute, City of*Chanute, KS1 of 30.0900 ppb8,642
Plover WaterworksPlover, WI3 of 30.0830 ppb12,420
Pine Grove VillaBancroft, WI1 of 10.0760 ppb75
West Delta Water Supply CorporationKlondike, TX1 of 30.0667 ppb1,473
Windom*Windom, MN1 of 40.0325 ppb4,646
Bingham LakeBingham Lake, MN1 of 40.0325 ppb128

* 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 Metribuzin, but it likely has the contaminant in its water supply.

UtilityLocationTestsAverage levelPeople served
Plover WaterworksPlover, WI3 of 30.0830 ppb12,420

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