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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Tebuconazole

Status: No national drinking water standard exists

 

Tebuconazole is a fungicide used on a variety of crops, including grapes, cherries and almonds, and also landscaping. Exposure to tebuconazole can harm the liver and nervous system, and it is classified as a possible human carcinogen.

2018-2021:

FOUND

2

states detected

4

utilities detected

110,000

people served

States reporting tebuconazole in drinking water

UTILITIES WITH CONTAMINATION
State UtilitiesPeople Served
California163,395
Kentucky346,983
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Filtering technologies that reduce tebuconazole

Activated Carbon

Reverse Osmosis

Utilities with the highest amounts of tebuconazole, 2018-2021

ALL UTILITIES
LARGE UTILITIES
UtilityLocationTestsAverage levelPeople served
Allen County Water District*Scottsville, KY1 of 60.327 ppb14,999
Madison County Utilities DistrictRichmond, KY1 of 40.0583 ppb25,120
City of LodiLodi, CA1 of 450.00467 ppb63,395

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

UtilityLocationTestsAverage levelPeople served
Allen County Water District*Scottsville, KY1 of 60.327 ppb14,999
Madison County Utilities DistrictRichmond, KY1 of 40.0583 ppb25,120
City of LodiLodi, CA1 of 450.00467 ppb63,395

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