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CONTAMINANT

Methylcyclopentane

STATES DETECTED

1

serves

11,180

utilities detected

8

Overview

Methylcyclopentane is a component of petroleum and an industrial chemical.

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Methylcyclopentane around the Country

UTILITIES WITH CONTAMINATION
State Utilities People Served
Texas811,180

Utilities with the highest amounts of methylcyclopentane, 2021-2023

ALL UTILITIES
LARGE UTILITIES
Utility Location Tests Average level People served
Lake Forest Utility DistrictHouston, TX4 of 47.25 ppb7,106
Louetta Road Utility District*Houston, TX1 of 16.00 ppb1,410
Clayton Water Supply Corporation Plant 3 and 7Clayton, TX2 of 22.00 ppb402
Benbrook Village Mobile Home ParkGlendale, TX1 of 11.000 ppb357
Mesa Grande Water Supply CorporationGranbury, TX1 of 10.810 ppb405
Clayton Water Supply Corporation Plant 1Clayton, TX2 of 20.700 ppb78
Hillcrest North MUDDallas, TX1 of 10.700 ppb114
Wright City Water Supply Corporation 1Troup, TX2 of 20.450 ppb1,308

* 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 Methylcyclopentane, but it likely has the contaminant in its water supply.

UtilityLocationTestsAverage levelPeople served

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