Acetone

Status: No national drinking water standard exists

Acetone is a solvent used for many industrial purposes.

2017-2019:

FOUND

states detected

635

utilities detected

4.7 million

people served

Health concerns for acetone

Change to the central nervous system

States reporting acetone in drinking water

	UTILITIES WITH CONTAMINATION
State	Utilities	People Served
Texas		577	4,043,998
Delaware		2	307,000
New York		5	165,537
New Jersey		10	77,083
California		13	45,294
West Virginia		2	29,967
New Hampshire		13	21,007
Massachusetts		5	19,480
Maryland		1	15,625
Nevada		1	6,200
Minnesota		3	2,247
Pennsylvania		1	95
Maine		1	78
Connecticut		1	40

LESS

Utilities with the highest amounts of acetone, 2017-2019

ALL UTILITIES

LARGE UTILITIES

Utility	Location	Tests	Average level	People served
Lake Livingston Eagles Nest Water	Livingston, TX	1 of 1	579.0 ppb	65
Marchi Central Farm	Pescadero, CA	1 of 1	240.0 ppb	50
Oakdale Manor Water Association	Southbury, CT	2 of 2	188.0 ppb	40
Gmnp Pine Springs	Salt Flat, TX	4 of 6	98.4 ppb	30
Water Association of North Lake	Aubrey, TX	1 of 4	71.0 ppb	29
Rocky Creek Subdivision Water System	Pflugerville, TX	1 of 6	55.0 ppb	117
Babbitt	Babbitt, MN	2 of 2	47.5 ppb	1,200
City of Bridge City	Bridge City, TX	1 of 12	41.1 ppb	8,651
City of Iraan	Iraan, TX	3 of 5	36.2 ppb	1,229
Kinney	Kinney, MN	1 of 2	34.5 ppb	152
City of Barstow	Barstow, TX	3 of 5	32.8 ppb	750
City of Pecos*	Pecos, TX	3 of 5	32.8 ppb	12,480
City of Toyah	Toyah, TX	3 of 6	31.4 ppb	300
Sheffield Water Supply Corporation	Sheffield, TX	4 of 6	29.6 ppb	463
City of Fort Stockton	Fort Stockton, TX	8 of 10	28.3 ppb	12,502
Madera Valley Water Supply Corporation	Verhalen, TX	9 of 15	27.1 ppb	2,001
Hampstead Area Water	Atkinson, NH	1 of 28	26.4 ppb	2,838
Brookwood Musconetcong River Property Owners Association	Stanhope, NJ	1 of 1	26.1 ppb	1,200
Md#43 Miami Creek Knolls	Madera, CA	1 of 1	25.0 ppb	100
City of Van Horn*	Van Horn, TX	3 of 6	24.5 ppb	2,063
Shafter Mine	Marfa, TX	1 of 2	23.7 ppb	73
Hills & Dales	Pflugerville, TX	1 of 10	22.7 ppb	222
Bass Lake Heights Mutual Water	Oakhurst, CA	1 of 3	22.3 ppb	250
Beaumont Place	Cypress, TX	1 of 8	22.3 ppb	2,082
Rio Waterworks	Rio, WI	2 of 2	22.0 ppb	1,058
Lajitas On The Rio Grande	Dallas, TX	4 of 5	21.8 ppb	942
Vista Verde Water Systems	Kirbyville, TX	1 of 6	20.2 ppb	111
Hermantown	Hermantown, MN	1 of 5	19.6 ppb	5,055
Proctor	Proctor, MN	1 of 5	19.6 ppb	3,088
Rice Lake	Duluth, MN	1 of 5	19.6 ppb	1,323
Duluth*	Duluth, MN	1 of 5	19.6 ppb	86,859
El Paso County Water Control and Improvement District 4 Fabens	Fabens, TX	3 of 9	19.0 ppb	8,100
Fort Davis Estates	Alpine, TX	3 of 6	18.7 ppb	100
Beaver Bay	Beaver Bay, MN	4 of 12	18.5 ppb	181
Pecos County Water Control and Improvement District 1	Fort Stockton, TX	4 of 5	18.1 ppb	3,612
Peu/spruce Pond Estates	Merrimack, NH	1 of 2	17.5 ppb	120
Wayland Water Department	Wayland, MA	17 of 35	17.2 ppb	14,430
Two Harbors	Two Harbors, MN	2 of 5	17.2 ppb	3,613
Knolls Water Company Inc.	West Nyack, NY	1 of 1	17.0 ppb	282
Ut Mcdonald Observatory	Austin, TX	3 of 5	16.9 ppb	163
Hillview Water Co-coarsegold	Oakhurst, CA	1 of 2	16.5 ppb	79
Little Johns Trailer Park	N. Norwich, NY	1 of 1	16.0 ppb	43
City of Lock Haven Water Department	Lock Haven, PA	3 of 3	15.8 ppb	9,890
City of Presidio	Presidio, TX	3 of 5	15.1 ppb	5,106
Mckinley	Mckinley, MN	1 of 2	15.0 ppb	110
Johnson Creek	Durham, NH	1 of 2	15.0 ppb	50
City of Balmorhea*	Balmorhea, TX	3 of 5	14.9 ppb	415
City of Valentine	Valentine, TX	2 of 6	14.8 ppb	190
Mcfarland Village Apartments	Houston, TX	1 of 5	14.6 ppb	120
Peu/hardwood Hts Birch Hill	Merrimack, NH	1 of 4	14.5 ppb	100

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

Utility	Location	Tests	Average level	People served
City of Pecos*	Pecos, TX	3 of 5	32.8 ppb	12,480
City of Fort Stockton	Fort Stockton, TX	8 of 10	28.3 ppb	12,502
Duluth*	Duluth, MN	1 of 5	19.6 ppb	86,859
Wayland Water Department	Wayland, MA	17 of 35	17.2 ppb	14,430
Town of Addison	Addison, TX	9 of 12	12.0 ppb	15,458
Dallas Water Utility*	Dallas, TX	9 of 12	12.0 ppb	1,286,380
City of Desoto	Desoto, TX	9 of 12	12.0 ppb	51,700
City of Duncanville	Duncanville, TX	9 of 12	12.0 ppb	39,826
City of Lancaster*	Lancaster, TX	9 of 12	12.0 ppb	37,550
City of Seagoville*	Seagoville, TX	9 of 12	12.0 ppb	15,900
City of Balch Springs	Balch Springs, TX	9 of 12	12.0 ppb	30,234
City of Carrollton	Carrollton, TX	9 of 12	12.0 ppb	127,980
City of Coppell	Coppell, TX	9 of 12	12.0 ppb	41,100
City of Farmers Branch	Farmers Branch, TX	9 of 12	12.0 ppb	31,560
City of Irving	Irving, TX	9 of 12	12.0 ppb	238,829
South Putnam PSD*	Scott Depot, WV	1 of 1	11.0 ppb	21,719
City of Grand Prairie	Grand Prairie, TX	19 of 25	10.9 ppb	187,050
East Fork SUD	Wylie, TX	15 of 17	10.9 ppb	13,596
City of McKinney*	Mckinney, TX	15 of 17	10.9 ppb	169,710
City of Murphy	Murphy, TX	15 of 17	10.9 ppb	20,361
City of Sachse	Sachse, TX	15 of 17	10.9 ppb	25,937
Town of Prosper	Prosper, TX	15 of 17	10.9 ppb	22,650
Town of Little Elm*	Little Elm, TX	15 of 17	10.9 ppb	41,796
City of Garland	Garland, TX	15 of 17	10.9 ppb	236,786
City of Mesquite*	Mesquite, TX	15 of 17	10.9 ppb	143,350
City of Richardson	Richardson, TX	15 of 17	10.9 ppb	104,300
City of Rowlett	Rowlett, TX	15 of 17	10.9 ppb	59,300
City of Allen	Allen, TX	15 of 17	10.9 ppb	102,762
City of Royse City	Royse City, TX	15 of 17	10.9 ppb	14,212
City of Forney*	Forney, TX	15 of 17	10.9 ppb	19,122
City of Terrell*	Terrell, TX	15 of 17	10.9 ppb	17,500
City of Rockwall*	Rockwall, TX	15 of 17	10.9 ppb	43,750
City of Fate	Fate, TX	15 of 17	10.9 ppb	14,327
Caddo Basin SUD	Greenville, TX	15 of 17	10.9 ppb	13,335
City of Frisco*	Frisco, TX	15 of 17	10.9 ppb	192,261
City of Plano*	Plano, TX	15 of 17	10.9 ppb	277,720
City of Princeton*	Princeton, TX	15 of 17	10.9 ppb	16,932
City of Wylie	Wylie, TX	15 of 17	10.9 ppb	44,418
City of Colleyville	Colleyville, TX	6 of 6	9.41 ppb	25,010
South Orange Water Department	South Orange, NJ	1 of 2	9.30 ppb	16,964
MVWA - Mohawk Valley Water Authority*	Utica, NY	2 of 2	8.75 ppb	129,372
City of Marshall	Marshall, TX	4 of 6	8.11 ppb	23,091
City of Longview*	Longview, TX	12 of 18	7.41 ppb	80,455
City of Sulphur Springs*	Sulphur Springs, TX	5 of 6	7.34 ppb	15,449
City of Mabank*	Mabank, TX	3 of 6	7.19 ppb	11,349
City of Midlothian*	Midlothian, TX	6 of 13	7.18 ppb	16,728
City of Red Oak	Red Oak, TX	3 of 5	6.02 ppb	10,934
Lower Valley Water District	Clint, TX	22 of 117	5.95 ppb	53,865
El Paso Water Utilities*	El Paso, TX	22 of 117	5.95 ppb	672,538
East Biggs Water System	San Dimas, TX	22 of 117	5.95 ppb	15,000