VOCs & pesticides · 2024

Atrazine in Charlotte, NC tap water

Over the federal limit· 3.0× the limit

Charlotte, NC's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Atrazine at or above the federal limit (3 ng/L MCL). Measured value is 3.0× the threshold.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Highest single sample
System-wide
9.1 ng/L

Verbatim from Charlotte, NC's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Atrazine

A widely used agricultural herbicide that reaches water through runoff.

Long-term exposure above the federal limit can affect the cardiovascular and reproductive systems.

How Charlotte, NC compares

1 of the 61 systems measuring Atrazine on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Atrazine:

People also ask

+Is there Atrazine in Charlotte, NC tap water?

Yes — Charlotte, NC's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Atrazine at 9.1 ng/L. Charlotte, NC's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Atrazine at or above the federal limit (3 ng/L MCL). Measured value is 3.0× the threshold.

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

The federal MCL for Atrazine is 3 ng/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Atrazine?

A widely used agricultural herbicide that reaches water through runoff. Long-term exposure above the federal limit can affect the cardiovascular and reproductive systems.

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

1 of the 61 systems on The Water Map measuring Atrazine report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Columbus, OH.

+Where does this Atrazine measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Atrazine entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Charlotte, NC 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/nc/charlotte/2024/source.

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