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FOR WHAT CONTAMINANTS IS THE WATER TESTED?

The Arkansas Department of Health tests community public drinking water systems for the following contaminants.

REGULATED SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMICALS (SOC's)
Alachlor (LASSO)
Atrazine
Carbofuran
Chlordane
Dalapon
Dibromochloropropane (DBCP)
Di(ethylhexyl)-adipate
Di(ethylhexyl)-phthalate
Dinoseb (PREMERGE)
Diquat (ACTOR, AQUASIDE)
Endothall (HYCLOUT)
Endrin (HEXADRIN)
Ethylene Dibromide (EDB)
Glyphosate (ROUND-UP)
Heptachlor
Heptachlor Epoxide
Hexachlorobenzene (NO BUNT)
Hexachlorocyclo-pentadiene
Lindane (HAMMER)
Methoxychlor
Oxymal
PAH's (Benzo(a)pyrene)
PCB's (as decachlorobiphenyl)
Pentachlorophenol (PCP)
Picloram (GRAZON)
Simazine (FRAMED, AQUAZINE)
Toxaphene (CAMPHECHLOR)
2,3,7,8-TCDD (DIOXIN) **
2,4-D (MIRACLE, SALVO)
2,4,5-TP (SILVEX)
Acrylamide***
Epichlorohydrin***



UNREGULATED * SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMICALS (SOC's)
Aldicarb
Aldicarb Sulfoxide
Aldicarb Sulfone
Aldrin
Butachlor
Carbaryl (SEVIN)
Dicamba (TROOPER)
Dieldrin
Methomyl
Metolachlor (ON-TRACK 8E)
Metribuzin
Propachlor (WALLOP)
3-Hydroxycarbofuran



REGULATED VOLATILE ORGANIC CHEMICALS (VOC's)
Benzene
Carbon Tetrachloride
o-Dichlorbenzene
p-Dichlorobenzene
1,2-Dichloroethane
1,1-Dichloroethylene
cis-1,2-Dichlorethylene
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene
Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride)
1,2-Dichloropropane
Ethylbenzene
Monochlorobenzene (Chlorobenzene)
Styrene
Tetrachloroethylene
Toluene
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
1,1,2-Trichloroethane
Trichloroethylene
Vinyl Chloride
Xylenes
Total Trihalomethanes



UNREGULATED * VOLATILE ORGANIC CHEMICALS (VOC's)
Bromobenzene
Bromodichloromethane
Bromoform
Bromomethane
Chlorodibromethane
Chloroform
Chloroethane
Chloromethane
o-Chlorotoluene
p-Chlorotoluene
m-Dichlorobenzene
1,1-Dichloroethane
1,3-Dichloropropane
2,2-Dichloropropane
1,1-Dichloropropene
1,3-Dichloropropene
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane
1,2,3-Trichloropropane
1,1-Dichloroethane
1,3-Dichloropropane
2,2-Dichloropropane
1,1-Dichloropropene
1,3-Dichloropropene
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane
1,2,3-Trichloropropane



REGULATED INORGANIC CHEMICALS (IOC's)
Antimony
Arsenic
Asbestos **
Barium
Beryllium
Cadmium
Chromium
Copper
Cyanide
Fluoride
Fluoride
Lead
Mercury
Nickel
Nitrate (as nitrogen)
Nitrite (as nitrogen)
Combined Nitrate/Nitrite
Selenium
Thallium



UNREGULATED * INORGANIC CHEMICALS (IOC's)
Aluminium
Chloride
Color
Corrosivity
Foaming Agents
Iron
Manganese
Odor
pH
Silver
Sulfate
Total Dissolved Solids
Zinc



MICRO-ORGANISMS
Total Coliform
Fecal Coliform
Enteric Viruses***
Heterotropic Bacteria***
Giardia Lamblia***
Legionella***



REGULATED RADIOCHEMICALS (RAD's)
Gross Alpha
(excluding radon and uranium)
Radium 226 & 228 combined
Gross Beta
* Water systems must test for Unregulated Contaminants, but no Maximum Contaminant Levels have been adopted for these chemicals.
** Analyses performed by private laboratories (ADH contracted with private labs)
*** Regulated by treatment techniques

 

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