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Dicamba

Status: No national drinking water standard exists

 

Dicamba is a herbicide sold for agricultural and residential uses. Dicamba-resistant GMO corn and soybeans are currently being marketed, indicating that dicamba spraying will increase across the U.S. Dicamba harms the brain and nervous system, and may also harm reproduction and child development.

2017-2019:

FOUND

10

states detected

40

utilities detected

682,000

people served

Health concerns for dicamba

Harm to the brain and nervous system

Harm to reproduction and child development

States reporting dicamba in drinking water

UTILITIES WITH CONTAMINATION
State UtilitiesPeople Served
Delaware1301,000
New York4181,538
Missouri453,836
Illinois453,269
Oklahoma1245,106
Nebraska319,787
South Carolina214,547
Wisconsin812,410
Massachusetts1145
Pennsylvania195
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Filtering technologies that reduce dicamba

Activated Carbon

Reverse Osmosis

Utilities with the highest amounts of dicamba, 2017-2019

ALL UTILITIES
LARGE UTILITIES
UtilityLocationTestsAverage levelPeople served
Lakeland Village 2Minocqua, WI1 of 11.70 ppb49
Bellwood, Village ofBellwood, NE1 of 11.12 ppb435
Riverview ParkBuffalo City, WI1 of 11.06 ppb90
East Bristol Utility CoopSun Prairie, WI1 of 11.000 ppb80
Kountry Aire Est Mobile Home Park IMauston, WI1 of 10.900 ppb60
Evergreen Villa Mobile HomesStevens Point, WI2 of 20.715 ppb150
Montana*Minden, NV1 of 30.500 ppb330
Patricia Lake Manufactured Housing CommunityMinocqua, WI1 of 10.490 ppb56
Mountain View Mobile Home Park #2Evansville, WI1 of 10.330 ppb25
Washington County Rural Water District #5Ramona, OK1 of 20.255 ppb900
Bartlesville*Bartlesville, OK1 of 20.255 ppb34,748
Ochelata Utility AuthorityOchelata, OK1 of 20.255 ppb494
Strike-axe Highway 60Bartlesville, OK1 of 20.255 ppb450
Osage County Rural Water District # 1Ochelata, OK1 of 20.255 ppb930
Strikeaxe AirportBartlesville, OK1 of 20.255 ppb125
Strike Axe (chimney Rock)Bartlesville, OK1 of 20.255 ppb275
Dewey Public Works Authority*Dewey, OK1 of 20.255 ppb3,490
Washington County Rural Water District #2Ochelata, OK1 of 20.255 ppb2,250
Bar-dew Water Association Inc.Dewey, OK1 of 20.255 ppb130
Le Ann WaterRamona, OK1 of 20.255 ppb750
Ramona Public Works AuthorityRamona, OK1 of 20.255 ppb564
Talmage, Village ofTalmage, NE1 of 110.214 ppb266
The Devereux FoundationNewfoundland, PA1 of 10.210 ppb115
Adams, Village ofAdams, NE1 of 80.164 ppb572
Mount PulaskiMt. Pulaski, IL1 of 30.160 ppb1,566
LaharpeLaharpe, IL1 of 100.130 ppb1,235
Alliance, City ofAlliance, NE1 of 160.126 ppb8,500
Boonville PWS*Boonville, MO1 of 80.116 ppb8,319
EvansvilleEvansville, IL1 of 70.114 ppb700
Cedarburg L & W CommissionCedarburg, WI1 of 40.0875 ppb11,900
Gretna, City ofGretna, NE1 of 130.0800 ppb10,852
City of LodiLodi, CA1 of 390.0769 ppb63,395
Limberlost Road Apartments (gu)Westmoreland, NY1 of 60.0633 ppb25
Country Village EstatesCollins, NY1 of 50.0600 ppb75
Illinois State University-normalNormal, IL1 of 60.0567 ppb7,877
North Meadow Village Mobile Home ParkNormal, IL1 of 60.0567 ppb495
Normal*Normal, IL1 of 60.0567 ppb44,197
Pacific VenturesGig Harbor, WA1 of 90.0556 ppb69
Andrews Farm Water Company Inc.Boxford, MA1 of 20.0500 ppb145
White Lantern Mobile CourtRandolph, NY1 of 40.0475 ppb37
Pocantico Hills Water DistrictValhalla, NY2 of 60.0470 ppb329
Twin Lakes Mobile HomesYorkshire, NY1 of 60.0467 ppb550
Missouri American Jefferson City DistrictJefferson City, MO1 of 120.0433 ppb27,117
Nodaway County Public Water Supply District 1*Maryville, MO1 of 60.0400 ppb6,428
Maryville*Maryville, MO1 of 60.0400 ppb11,972
Hillview VillageYorkshire, NY1 of 50.0340 ppb84
Country Colony EstatesHoneoye Falls, NY1 of 40.0300 ppb125
Carle Place Water DistrictCarle Place, NY1 of 230.0274 ppb9,005
Chester Metro*Chester, SC1 of 180.0183 ppb12,719
Mitford Water District (sc2020005)Great Falls, SC1 of 180.0183 ppb1,828

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

UtilityLocationTestsAverage levelPeople served
Bartlesville*Bartlesville, OK1 of 20.255 ppb34,748
Cedarburg L & W CommissionCedarburg, WI1 of 40.0875 ppb11,900
Gretna, City ofGretna, NE1 of 130.0800 ppb10,852
City of LodiLodi, CA1 of 390.0769 ppb63,395
Normal*Normal, IL1 of 60.0567 ppb44,197
Missouri American Jefferson City DistrictJefferson City, MO1 of 120.0433 ppb27,117
Maryville*Maryville, MO1 of 60.0400 ppb11,972
Chester Metro*Chester, SC1 of 180.0183 ppb12,719
Westchester Joint Water Works*Mamaroneck, NY1 of 160.00719 ppb120,419
Artesian Water Company*Newark, DE1 of 1280.000781 ppb301,000

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