VOCs & pesticides · 2024
DBCP in Garland, TX tap water
Garland, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report tested for DBCP and reported no detectable amount.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Range System-wide | 0–0 ng/L | 0 ng/L MCLG |
Verbatim from Garland, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About DBCP
1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane — a banned soil fumigant pesticide.
A probable human carcinogen; long-term exposure above the federal limit can cause reproductive harm.
How Garland, TX compares
1 of the 88 systems measuring DBCP on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting DBCP:
People also ask
+Is there DBCP in Garland, TX tap water?
Garland, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report tested for DBCP and found no detectable amount.
+What's the federal limit for DBCP in drinking water?
The federal MCLG for DBCP is 0 ng/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is DBCP?
1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane — a banned soil fumigant pesticide. A probable human carcinogen; long-term exposure above the federal limit can cause reproductive harm.
+Which other U.S. cities have DBCP over the federal limit?
1 of the 88 systems on The Water Map measuring DBCP report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Wasco, City of — Wasco, Ca, CA.
+Where does this DBCP measurement come from?
This page reproduces the DBCP entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Garland, TX 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/tx/garland/2024/source.