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CONTAMINANT

p-Isopropyltoluene

STATES DETECTED

4

serves

21,280

utilities detected

11

Overview

p-Isopropyltoluene is a volatile solvent derived from coal distillation and petrochemical processing.

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p-Isopropyltoluene around the Country

UTILITIES WITH CONTAMINATION
State Utilities People Served
California214,451
New York65,992
Montana1483
Washington2354

Utilities with the highest amounts of p-isopropyltoluene, 2021-2023

ALL UTILITIES
LARGE UTILITIES
Utility Location Tests Average level People served
Treasure State Acres WuaHelena, MT1 of 11.56 ppb483
Terra Bella Irrigation District - TbtTerra Bella, CA1 of 11.50 ppb2,656
Pine Tree Mobile Home ParkStamford, NY1 of 10.500 ppb44
Sunset Acres Water AssociationMoses Lake, WA1 of 20.380 ppb61
Skyline Water System Inc.Moses Lake, WA2 of 40.375 ppb293
Gardeau Water DistrictSilver Springs, NY1 of 20.250 ppb60
Perry Village*Perry, NY1 of 20.250 ppb4,348
Perry Center Water DistrictPerry, NY1 of 20.250 ppb150
Silver Lake Institute - Castile Water District #1Castile, NY1 of 20.250 ppb440
Angelica Village Public WaterAngelica, NY1 of 30.167 ppb950
Signal Hill - City, Water DepartmentSignal Hill, CA1 of 1200.00467 ppb11,795

* 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 p-Isopropyltoluene, but it likely has the contaminant in its water supply.

UtilityLocationTestsAverage levelPeople served
Signal Hill - City, Water DepartmentSignal Hill, CA1 of 1200.00467 ppb11,795

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