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Environmental Analysis

Table 2 Primary Drinking Water Contaminants and MCLs
Contaminant MCL (mg/L)
Antimony 0.006
Arsenic 0.010
Barium 2
Beryllium 0.004
Cadmium 0.005
Chromium 0.1
Copper 1.3
Cyanide (free) 0.2
Fluoride 4.0
Lead 0.015
Mercury 0.002
Nitrate 10
Nitrite 1
Selenium 0.05
Thallium 0.002
Acrylamide Zero
Alachlor 0.002
Atrazine 0.003
Benzene 0.005
Benzo(a)pyrene 0.0002
Carbofuran 0.04
Carbon Tetrachloride 0.005
Chlordane 0.002
Chlorobenzene 0.1
2,4-D 0.07
1,2-Dichloro-3-Dibromopropane 0.0002
o-Dichlorobenzene 0.6
p-Dichlorobenzene 0.075
1,1-Dichloroethane 0.005
1,1-Dichloroethylene 0.007
Cis 1,2-Dichloroethylene 0.07
Trans 1,2-Dichloroethylene 0.1
Dichloromethane 0.005
1,2-Dichloropropane 0.005
Di(2-ethylhexyladipate) 0.4
Di(2-ethylhexylpthalate) 0.006
Dinoseb 0.007
Dioxin Zero
Diquat 0.02
Endothall 0.1
Endrin 0.002
Epichlorohydrin Zero
Ethyl Benzene 0.7
Ethylene Dibromide Zero
Glyphosate 0.7
Heptachlor 0.0004
Heptachlor Epoxide 0.0002
Hexachlorobenzene 0.001
Hexachlorocyclobutadiene 0.05
Lindane 0.0002
Methoxychlor 0.04
Oxamyl 0.2
PCB’s 0.0005
Pentachlorophenol 0.001
Pichloram 0.5
Simazine 0.004
Styrene 0.1
Tetrachloroethylene 0.005
Toluene 1
Toxaphene 0.003

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