The Environmental Working Group recently released its most up to date tap water database, compiling testing information for water utilities across the country. Here are findings for area water supplies:
El Dorado
For the latest quarter assessed by the U.S. EPA (January 2021 - March 2021), tap water provided by this water utility was in compliance with federal health-based drinking water standards.
People served: 12,935
Out of 17 contaminants found, six exceeded EWG health guidelines
Arsenic: .833 ppb, guideline .004 ppb, legal limit 10 ppb.
Atrazine: .213 ppb, guideline .1 ppb, legal limit 3 ppb.
Haloacetic acids (HAA5): 27.1 ppb, guideline .1 ppb, legal limit 60 ppb
Haloacetic acids (HAA9): 6.06 ppb, guideline .06 ppb, no legal limit.
Radium, combined (-226 & -228): .9 pCi/L, guideline .05 pCi/L, legal limit 5 pCi/L
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs): 17.4 ppb, guideline .15 ppb, legal limit 80 ppb
Others found: Aluminum, Barium, Chromium (hexavalent), Chromium (total), Fluoride, Manganese, Molybdenum, Nitrate, Selenium, Strontium, Vanadium.
AUGUSTA
For the latest quarter assessed by the U.S. EPA (January 2021 - March 2021), tap water provided by this water utility was in compliance with federal health-based drinking water standards.
People served: 9,342
Out of 21 contaminants found, 11 exceeded EWG health guidelines
Atrazine: .243 ppb, guideline .1 ppb, legal limit 3 ppb.
Bromodichloromethane: 12.4 ppb, guideline 0.06 ppb, no legal limit
Chloroform: 16.8 ppb, guidline .4...
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