Disinfection byproducts · 2024

Dibromochloromethane in Chestertown, MD tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.1× the limit

Chestertown, MD's 2024 Dibromochloromethane measurement is below the federal limit of 0.06 mg/L (MCLG).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Minimum
System-wide
0.004 mg/L
Reported level
System-wide
0.004 mg/L
Maximum
System-wide
0.004 mg/L

Verbatim from Chestertown, MD's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Dibromochloromethane

A trihalomethane disinfection byproduct.

Part of regulated total trihalomethanes; long-term exposure is linked to nervous-system, liver, and kidney effects.

How Chestertown, MD compares

1 of the 55 systems measuring Dibromochloromethane on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Dibromochloromethane:

People also ask

+Is there Dibromochloromethane in Chestertown, MD tap water?

Yes — Chestertown, MD's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Dibromochloromethane at 0.004 mg/L. Chestertown, MD's 2024 Dibromochloromethane measurement is below the federal limit of 0.06 mg/L (MCLG).

+What's the federal limit for Dibromochloromethane in drinking water?

The federal MCLG for Dibromochloromethane is 0.06 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Dibromochloromethane?

A trihalomethane disinfection byproduct. Part of regulated total trihalomethanes; long-term exposure is linked to nervous-system, liver, and kidney effects.

+Which other U.S. cities have Dibromochloromethane over the federal limit?

1 of the 55 systems on The Water Map measuring Dibromochloromethane report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Pomona, CA.

+Where does this Dibromochloromethane measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Dibromochloromethane entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Chestertown, MD water utility — the annual drinking-water report every U.S. utility is required by federal law to publish. The original source document is archived at /water/md/chestertown/2024/source.

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