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1,3-Dichloropropane

Status: No national drinking water standard exists

 

1,3-Dichloropropane is an industrial solvent uncommonly detected in drinking water.

2017-2019:

FOUND

4

states detected

14

utilities detected

101,000

people served

States reporting 1,3-dichloropropane in drinking water

UTILITIES WITH CONTAMINATION
State UtilitiesPeople Served
Alabama252,580
Utah133,000
New York109,242
Ohio16,400
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LESS

Filtering technologies that reduce 1,3-dichloropropane

Activated Carbon

Reverse Osmosis

Utilities with the highest amounts of 1,3-dichloropropane, 2017-2019

ALL UTILITIES
LARGE UTILITIES
UtilityLocationTestsAverage levelPeople served
Ausable Heights Water SystemKeeseville, NY1 of 10.500 ppb46
Gardeau Water DistrictCastile, NY1 of 40.125 ppb60
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
Deepwater PWSDeepwater, MO1 of 60.108 ppb433
Montrose PWSMontrose, MO1 of 60.108 ppb386
Rockville PWSRockville, MO1 of 60.108 ppb175
Henry County Public Water Supply District 1Clinton, MO1 of 60.108 ppb255
Bates County Public Water Supply District 7Rockville, MO1 of 60.108 ppb512
Harry S Truman Public Water Supply District 2*Montrose, MO1 of 60.108 ppb2,700
Appleton City PWSAppleton City, MO1 of 60.108 ppb1,518
Midvale City Water SystemMidvale, UT4 of 620.0855 ppb33,000
US Army Aviation and Missile CommandRedstone Arsenal, AL2 of 130.0568 ppb38,700
Springhill Mobile Home ParkWappingers Falls, NY1 of 90.0556 ppb150
Farm-to-market AssociatesBrewster, NY1 of 90.0556 ppb48
Springport Water District #1 - SouthCayuga, NY1 of 240.0208 ppb500
Springport Water District #1 - NorthCayuga, NY1 of 240.0208 ppb500
Union Springs Village*Union Springs, NY1 of 240.0208 ppb3,000
Wallingford Water DepartmentWallingford, CT1 of 350.0143 ppb37,267
Milford City Public Water SystemMilford, OH1 of 570.00877 ppb6,400
Fort Rucker - American WaterFort Rucker, AL1 of 620.00807 ppb13,880
Hunters Creek Mobile Home ParkOrchard Park, NY1 of 770.00286 ppb150

* 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 1,3-Dichloropropane, but it likely has the contaminant in its water supply.

UtilityLocationTestsAverage levelPeople served
Midvale City Water SystemMidvale, UT4 of 620.0855 ppb33,000
US Army Aviation and Missile CommandRedstone Arsenal, AL2 of 130.0568 ppb38,700
Wallingford Water DepartmentWallingford, CT1 of 350.0143 ppb37,267
Fort Rucker - American WaterFort Rucker, AL1 of 620.00807 ppb13,880