VOCs & pesticides · 2024
Atrazine in Wichita Falls, TX tap water
Wichita Falls, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Atrazine at or above the federal limit (0.003 mg/L MCL). Measured value is 33.3× the threshold.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Range System-wide | 0–0.1 mg/L | 0.003 mg/L MCL |
Reported level System-wide | 0.1 mg/L | 0.003 mg/L MCL |
Verbatim from Wichita Falls, 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 Wichita Falls, TX compares
1 of the 10 TX 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 Wichita Falls, TX tap water?
Yes — Wichita Falls, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Atrazine at 0–0.1 mg/L. Wichita Falls, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Atrazine at or above the federal limit (0.003 mg/L MCL). Measured value is 33.3× the threshold.
+What's the federal limit for Atrazine in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Atrazine is 0.003 mg/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 10 TX systems on The Water Map measuring Atrazine report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Frisco, TX.
+Where does this Atrazine measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Atrazine entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Wichita Falls, 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/wichita-falls/2024/source.