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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Dibromoacetic acid

IL American-West Suburban

Dibromoacetic 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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96

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

82

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2013N/A00N/A
20141.64 ppb16161.10 ppb - 2.00 ppb
20150.819 ppb168ND - 1.90 ppb
20161.41 ppb16161.000 ppb - 2.10 ppb
20171.49 ppb16161.000 ppb - 2.20 ppb
20181.16 ppb1613ND - 1.90 ppb
20191.18 ppb1613ND - 1.80 ppb

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

EWG Health Guideline 0.04 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 0.04 ppb for dibromoacetic acid was defined in a peer-reviewed scientific study by EWG and represents a on-in-a-million lifetime cancer risk level. This health guideline protects against cancer.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2014-01-20243875011.40 ppb
2014-01-20243876011.70 ppb
2014-01-20243877011.50 ppb
2014-01-20243878011.40 ppb
2014-04-21251758011.60 ppb
2014-04-21251759011.70 ppb
2014-04-21251760011.70 ppb
2014-04-21251761011.70 ppb
2014-07-22263650011.90 ppb
2014-07-22263651011.90 ppb
2014-07-22263652011.90 ppb
2014-07-22263653011.10 ppb
2014-10-21271782012.00 ppb
2014-10-21271783011.30 ppb
2014-10-21271781012.00 ppb
2014-10-21271780011.40 ppb
2015-01-1927926101ND
2015-01-1927926401ND
2015-01-1927926201ND
2015-01-1927926301ND
2015-04-21286072011.70 ppb
2015-04-21286075011.70 ppb
2015-04-21286074011.70 ppb
2015-04-21286073011.60 ppb
2015-07-20296309011.50 ppb
2015-07-20296310011.90 ppb
2015-07-2029630801ND
2015-07-2029631101ND
2015-10-2130399901ND
2015-10-21304000011.80 ppb
2015-10-21303998011.20 ppb
2015-10-2130400101ND
2016-01-20310361011.30 ppb
2016-01-20310360011.50 ppb
2016-01-20310359011.40 ppb
2016-01-20310358011.30 ppb
2016-04-19317246011.50 ppb
2016-04-19317248011.50 ppb
2016-04-19317245011.50 ppb
2016-04-19317247011.50 ppb
2016-07-26331616011.000 ppb
2016-07-26331613011.10 ppb
2016-07-26331614011.20 ppb
2016-07-26331615011.40 ppb
2016-10-19335860011.30 ppb
2016-10-19335863011.000 ppb
2016-10-19335861012.00 ppb
2016-10-19335862012.10 ppb
2017-01-23342217011.40 ppb
2017-01-23342220011.20 ppb
2017-01-23342219011.40 ppb
2017-01-23342218011.20 ppb
2017-04-19352233012.00 ppb
2017-04-19352234012.00 ppb
2017-04-19352231012.20 ppb
2017-04-19352232012.20 ppb
2017-07-20363757011.80 ppb
2017-07-20363759011.10 ppb
2017-07-20363756011.20 ppb
2017-07-20363758011.20 ppb
2017-10-18373075011.20 ppb
2017-10-18373077011.000 ppb
2017-10-18373076011.70 ppb
2017-10-18373078011.000 ppb
2018-01-25381318011.30 ppb
2018-01-25381317011.30 ppb
2018-01-25381316011.60 ppb
2018-01-25381315011.20 ppb
2018-04-12391236011.90 ppb
2018-04-12391232011.80 ppb
2018-04-12391233011.50 ppb
2018-04-12391235011.80 ppb
2018-07-12403741011.20 ppb
2018-07-12403740011.20 ppb
2018-07-1240373801ND
2018-07-12403737011.10 ppb
2018-10-2341345001ND
2018-10-23413451011.50 ppb
2018-10-2341345301ND
2018-10-23413454011.20 ppb
2019-01-14425857011.40 ppb
2019-01-14425858011.40 ppb
2019-01-14425860011.10 ppb
2019-01-14425861011.30 ppb
2019-04-24440019011.80 ppb
2019-04-24440022011.80 ppb
2019-04-24440021011.80 ppb
2019-04-24440020011.30 ppb
2019-07-2845126501ND
2019-07-28451267011.40 ppb
2019-07-28451266011.70 ppb
2019-07-28451264011.40 ppb
2019-10-22466730011.30 ppb
2019-10-22466729011.20 ppb
2019-10-2246672801ND
2019-10-2246672701ND