VOCs & pesticides · 2024
Atrazine in Waco, TX tap water
Waco, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Atrazine and reported no detectable amount.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Range Range of Individual Samples | 0–0 ug/L | 3 ug/L MCLG |
Highest single sample System-wide | 0 ug/L | 3 ug/L MCLG |
Verbatim from Waco, TX'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 Waco, TX compares
2 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 Waco, TX tap water?
Waco, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Atrazine and found no detectable amount.
+What's the federal limit for Atrazine in drinking water?
The federal MCLG for Atrazine is 3 ug/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?
2 of the 61 systems on The Water Map measuring Atrazine report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Columbus, OH, Charlotte, NC.
+Where does this Atrazine measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Atrazine entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Waco, 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/waco/2024/source.