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 |
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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.