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sec-Butylbenzene

Status: No national drinking water standard exists

 

sec-Butylbenzene is an industrial chemical.

2017-2019:

FOUND

8

states detected

18

utilities detected

90,804

people served

States reporting sec-butylbenzene in drinking water

UTILITIES WITH CONTAMINATION
State UtilitiesPeople Served
Alabama138,700
Maryland226,367
Missouri19,375
New York109,242
Ohio16,400
Illinois1450
Wisconsin1170
South Carolina1100
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Filtering technologies that reduce sec-butylbenzene

Activated Carbon

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Utilities with the highest amounts of sec-butylbenzene, 2017-2019

ALL UTILITIES
LARGE UTILITIES
UtilityLocationTestsAverage levelPeople served
Freedom District*Westminster, MD1 of 335.7 ppb24,867
Springfield Hospital Distribution*Sykesville, MD1 of 335.7 ppb1,500
Carl Junction PWSCarl Junction, MO1 of 160.763 ppb7,445
Ausable Heights Water SystemKeeseville, NY1 of 10.500 ppb46
De LandDe Land, IL1 of 40.475 ppb450
Peace of Mind EstatesSpringfield, MO1 of 20.345 ppb60
Cape Girardeau County Public Water Supply District 4Cape Girardeau, MO1 of 40.145 ppb1,575
Butterfield PWSButterfield, MO1 of 40.143 ppb470
Silver Lake Institute - Castile Water District #1, NY1 of 40.125 ppb440
Perry Center Water DistrictPerry, NY1 of 40.125 ppb150
Perry Village*, NY1 of 40.125 ppb4,348
Gardeau Water DistrictCastile, NY1 of 40.125 ppb60
US Army Aviation and Missile CommandRedstone Arsenal, AL2 of 110.0925 ppb38,700
St Croix Meadows Mobile Home ParkHoulton, WI1 of 20.0700 ppb170
Springhill Mobile Home ParkWappingers Falls, NY1 of 90.0556 ppb150
Farm-to-market AssociatesBrewster, NY1 of 90.0556 ppb48
Stoney Field Mobile Home ParkPittsford, NJ3 of 110.0336 ppb200
Barton Dade Cedar & Jasper Counties Consolidated Public Water Supply District 1Lamar, MO1 of 220.0295 ppb9,375
Bgwc Pollys Circle (sc4660073)Greenville, SC1 of 110.0291 ppb100
Monett PWSMonett, MO1 of 180.0283 ppb9,027
Springport Water District #1 - NorthCayuga, NY1 of 240.0208 ppb500
Springport Water District #1 - SouthCayuga, NY1 of 240.0208 ppb500
Union Springs Village*Union Springs, NY1 of 240.0208 ppb3,000
Waterville Fire District 1Waterville, VT1 of 550.0109 ppb84
Milford City Public Water SystemMilford, OH1 of 570.00877 ppb6,400

* 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 sec-Butylbenzene, but it likely has the contaminant in its water supply.

UtilityLocationTestsAverage levelPeople served
Freedom District*Westminster, MD1 of 335.7 ppb24,867
US Army Aviation and Missile CommandRedstone Arsenal, AL2 of 110.0925 ppb38,700

* 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 sec-Butylbenzene, but it likely has the contaminant in its water supply.