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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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1,1-Dichloroethylene

Weatherford

1,1-Dichloroethylene is used for plastics production. It damages DNA and causes cancer in laboratory animal studies.

 

30

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND80ND
2015ND80ND
2016ND80ND
2017ND20ND
2018ND20ND
2019ND20ND

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL) 7 ppb

The legal limit for 1,1-dichloroethylene, established in 1987, was based on a toxicity study conducted in laboratory animals in the 1980s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2014-01-21038699.002ND
2014-01-21038699.001ND
2014-04-15042218.002ND
2014-04-15042218.001ND
2014-07-16045612.002ND
2014-07-16045612.001ND
2014-10-15049105.002ND
2014-10-15049105.001ND
2015-01-08052222.002ND
2015-01-08052222.001ND
2015-05-18054870.002ND
2015-05-18054870.001ND
2015-07-27059251.004ND
2015-07-27059251.003ND
2015-10-07063874.002ND
2015-10-07063874.001ND
2016-02-23068161.002ND
2016-02-23068161.001ND
2016-06-07SDWA-1038326-00ND
2016-06-07SDWA-1038321-00ND
2016-07-27SDWA-1051026-00ND
2016-07-27SDWA-1051022-00ND
2016-11-28SDWA-1101468-00ND
2016-11-28SDWA-1101466-00ND
2017-12-27SDWA-1226062-00ND
2017-12-27SDWA-1226060-00ND
2018-02-13SDWA-1237680-00ND
2018-02-13SDWA-1237675-00ND
2019-02-13SDWA-1350503-00ND
2019-02-13SDWA-1350508-00ND