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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Chrysene

Status: No national drinking water standard exists

 

Chrysene is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, or PAH, released from combustion of fossil fuels and waste incinerators. PAHs increase the risk of cancer; damage the immune, nervous and reproductive systems; and can harm developing fetuses.

2017-2019:

FOUND

4

states detected

12

utilities detected

89,767

people served

States reporting chrysene in drinking water

UTILITIES WITH CONTAMINATION
State UtilitiesPeople Served
Rhode Island467,053
Arkansas622,029
Delaware1445
Texas1240
MORE
LESS

Filtering technologies that reduce chrysene

Activated Carbon

Reverse Osmosis

Utilities with the highest amounts of chrysene, 2017-2019

ALL UTILITIES
LARGE UTILITIES
UtilityLocationTestsAverage levelPeople served
Hickory RidgeHickory Ridge, AR1 of 20.0800 ppb280
Pine Grove Estates Water SystemCypress, TX1 of 20.0700 ppb240
Cedar Village LLCRehoboth Beach, DE1 of 20.0600 ppb445
Calico RockCalico Rock, AR1 of 120.0425 ppb1,726
Harris County MUD 53Houston, TX1 of 270.0370 ppb16,164
Harmony WaterEl Dorado, AR1 of 40.0225 ppb336
El Dorado Waterworks*El Dorado, AR1 of 40.0225 ppb17,932
Oak Manor WaterEl Dorado, AR1 of 40.0225 ppb338
Ladd WaterPine Bluff, AR1 of 70.0114 ppb2,143
Arkansas HealthBenton, AR1 of 140.00857 ppb1,000
Rector WaterworksRector, AR1 of 110.00727 ppb1,977
Naval Station, NewportNewport, RI2 of 1160.00345 ppb7,871
City of Newport*Newport, RI2 of 1160.00345 ppb42,000
Portsmouth Water & Fire DistrictPortsmouth, RI2 of 1160.00345 ppb16,864
United States Navy -fort AdamsNewport, RI2 of 1160.00345 ppb318

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

UtilityLocationTestsAverage levelPeople served
Harris County MUD 53Houston, TX1 of 270.0370 ppb16,164
El Dorado Waterworks*El Dorado, AR1 of 40.0225 ppb17,932
City of Newport*Newport, RI2 of 1160.00345 ppb42,000
Portsmouth Water & Fire DistrictPortsmouth, RI2 of 1160.00345 ppb16,864

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