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CONTAMINANT

cis-1,3-Dichloropropene

STATES DETECTED

2

serves

10,059

utilities detected

10

Overview

1,3-Dichloropropene is a volatile cancer-causing chemical primarily used as a nematocide to fumigate agricultural soils. It exists in two different forms: cis-1,3-dichloropropene and trans-1,3-dichloropropene.

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cis-1,3-Dichloropropene around the Country

UTILITIES WITH CONTAMINATION
State Utilities People Served
New York99,992
South Carolina167

Utilities with the highest amounts of cis-1,3-dichloropropene, 2021-2023

ALL UTILITIES
LARGE UTILITIES
Utility Location Tests Average level People served
Pine Tree Mobile Home ParkStamford, NY1 of 10.500 ppb44
Gardeau Water DistrictSilver Springs, NY1 of 20.250 ppb60
Perry Village*Perry, NY1 of 20.250 ppb4,348
Perry Center Water DistrictPerry, NY1 of 20.250 ppb150
Silver Lake Institute - Castile Water District #1Castile, NY1 of 20.250 ppb440
Angelica Village Public WaterAngelica, NY1 of 40.125 ppb950
Union Springs Village*Union Springs, NY1 of 240.121 ppb3,000
Springport Water District #1 - SouthCayuga, NY1 of 240.121 ppb500
Springport Water District #1 - NorthCayuga, NY1 of 240.121 ppb500
Cws Valleymere Mobile HomeGreenville, SC1 of 120.0475 ppb67

* This water utility supplies finished drinking water to at least one other water utility. The purchasing utility is not required to test for or report cis-1,3-Dichloropropene, but it likely has the contaminant in its water supply.

UtilityLocationTestsAverage levelPeople served

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