Contaminant Information

Below is a listing of all the contaminants offered through the DrinkWell program.  By clicking on the contaminant of interest, you can access information specific to that contaminant including Federal limits, published health or aesthetic effect information and sources.

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Contaminant Information
Bacteriologicals
E. coli
Total Coliform
Regulated Metals
Antimony
Arsenic
Barium
Beryllium
Cadmium
Chromium
Copper
Lead
Mercury
Selenium
Thallium
Uranium
Inorganics
Cyanide
Fluoride
Nitrate
Nitrite
Perchlorate
Turbidity
Aesthetics
Aluminum
Chloride
Dissolved solids
Iron
Iron-Related Bacteria
Manganese
Silver
Sodium
Sulfate
Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria
Total Alkalinity
Total Hardness
Zinc
pH
Industrial Chemicals
Aroclor 1016(PCB)
Aroclor 1221(PCB)
Aroclor 1232(PCB)
Aroclor 1242(PCB)
Aroclor 1248(PCB)
Aroclor 1254(PCB)
Aroclor 1260(PCB)
Benzo[a]pyrene
Di(2-ethylhexyl)adipate
Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate
Dioxin
Hexachlorobenzene
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
Radionuclides
Gross Alpha
Gross Beta
Radium-226
Radium-228
Radon-222
Volatiles
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
1,1,2-Trichloroethane
1,1-Dichloroethylene
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP)
1,2-Dibromoethane (EDB)
1,2-Dichlorobenzene
1,2-Dichloroethane
1,2-Dichloropropane
1,4-Dichlorobenzene
Benzene
Bromodichloromethane
Bromoform
Carbon tetrachloride
Chlorobenzene
Chloroform
Dibromochloromethane
Dichloromethane
Ethylbenzene
Methyl-t-butyl ether (MTBE)
Styrene
Tetrachloroethylene
Toluene
Trichloroethylene
Vinyl chloride
Xylene (1,2-)
Xylenes (1,3 + 1,4-)
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene
Herbicides
2,4,5-TP (Silvex)
2,4-D
Acetochlor
Alachlor
Atrazine
Cyanazine
Dalapon
Dinoseb
Diquat
Endothall
Glyphosate
Metolachlor
Pentachlorophenol
Picloram
Simazine
Pesticides
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol
Carbofuran
Chlordane
Endrin
Heptachlor
Heptachlor epoxide
Lindane
Methoxychlor
Oxamyl
Toxaphene


Source for health effect language
  • Federal Register.
Source for aesthetic effect language
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency.
  • Rutgers University, Interpreting Drinking Water Quality Analysis, 5th Edition. Shelton, Theodore B. Ph.D.
Source for application / source language
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency.
  • Rutgers University, Interpreting Drinking Water Quality Analysis, 5th Edition. Shelton, Theodore B. Ph.D.
  • The MeisterPro 2003 Crop Protection Handbook was used to gather information on acetochlor, cyanazine and metolachlor.
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 10th Report on Carcinogens was used for to gather information on 2,4,6-trichlorophenol.