Drinking Water Analysis Reporting Limits (RL) for Organic Chemicals

SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMICALS (SOCs) and VOLATILE ORGANIC CHEMICALS (VOCs)
Concentration Units - Parts Per Billion (ppb)

SOCs

RL ug/L

SOCs

RL ug/L

Alachlor

0.44

ETPH ¤

250

Aldicarb

1.1

Glyphosate

13.2

Aldicarb Sulfoxide

1.1

HAAs

1.0

Aldicarb Sulfone

1.76

Hexachlorobenzene

0.22

Atrazine

0.22

Hexachlorocyclopentadiene

0.22

Benzo (a) Pyrene

0.044

Heptachlor

0.088

Carbofuran

1.98

Heptachlor Epoxide

0.044

Chlordane (Total)

0.30

Lindane

0.044

Dalapon

2.2

Methoxychlor

0.22

Dibromochloropropane (DBCP)

0.044

MTBE ¤

2.0

Dieldrin ¤

0.03

Oxamyl (Vydate)

4.4

Di_(ethylhexyl) phthalate

1.32

PCB's  

0.22

Di_(ethylhexyl) adipate

1.32

PCB as DCB

0.1

Dinoseb

0.44

Pentachlorophenol

0.088

Diquat

0.88

Picloram

0.22

1,4 Dioxane ¤

3.0

Simazine

0.154

Endothall

19.8

Toxaphene

2.2

Endrin

0.022

2,4-D

0.22

Ethylene Dibromide

0.022

2,4,5-TP (Silvex)

0.44

 

 

2,3,7,8 - TCDD (Dioxin)

0.000011

1,2,3-trichloropropane ¤ 

0.05

VOCs {regulated, unregulated}

0.5

 

¤ - denotes federally unregulated organic chemical               

‡ - denotes RL and state Action Level are at the same concentration              

 

Note:  Laboratories are to analyze low level standards at the RL concentration as part of 

            the established calibration curves.