Overview

Dibromoacetic acid, one of the group of five haloacetic acids regulated by federal standards, is formed when chlorine or other disinfectants are used to treat drinking water. Haloacetic acids and other disinfection byproducts increase the risk of cancer and may cause problems during pregnancy. Click here to read more about disinfection byproducts.

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EWG Health Guideline: 0.03 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 0.03 ppb for dibromoacetic acid was defined by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment's public health goal, the level of a drinking water contaminant that does not pose a significant health risk. This health guideline protects against cancer and harm to fetal growth and development.

ppb = parts per billion

National Standard Exists

Health Concerns:

Cancer
Change to fetal growth and development

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Dibromoacetic acid around the Country

	UTILITIES REPORTING ABOVE HEALTH GUIDELINES		UTILITIES WITH CONTAMINATION
State	Utilities	People Served	Utilities	People Served
California		1,123	30,283,501		1,153	32,817,310
Texas		2,792	27,799,196		2,818	28,043,736
Illinois		1,084	10,417,404		1,121	10,749,323
Ohio		882	10,168,500		887	10,199,168
Pennsylvania		658	8,044,464		687	8,647,447
New Jersey		304	7,125,315		322	8,018,884
Florida		200	6,606,017		200	6,606,017
North Carolina		409	3,988,081		447	6,505,212
New York		802	4,987,367		836	5,777,316
Louisiana		858	4,948,562		862	4,952,482
Georgia		146	2,096,858		193	4,872,898
Colorado		483	4,482,882		509	4,851,923
Missouri		508	3,725,313		523	4,160,861
Virginia		181	3,294,502		196	4,109,654
Massachusetts		200	3,241,839		223	3,823,479
Wisconsin		451	3,526,826		473	3,649,304
South Carolina		212	2,501,495		234	3,217,172
Oklahoma		490	3,049,924		516	3,141,219
Nevada		55	2,476,892		57	2,935,892
Utah		115	2,346,558		118	2,449,287
Iowa		600	2,157,386		603	2,202,948
Connecticut		133	1,416,166		151	2,142,821
Washington		247	1,559,254		255	1,957,340
New Mexico		270	1,813,510		273	1,835,416
Kansas		790	1,806,766		793	1,819,596
Minnesota		223	1,758,497		226	1,811,825
Nebraska		127	1,299,642		127	1,299,642
West Virginia		202	788,368		241	1,146,185
Arkansas		205	841,702		217	977,248
Tennessee		49	600,449		65	949,944
Hawaii		51	913,132		51	913,132
Indiana		81	809,595		81	809,595
Delaware		51	731,670		51	731,670
District Of Columbia		1	19,312		3	667,325
Idaho		23	623,502		24	624,027
North Dakota		170	501,374		196	602,928
Montana		218	461,398		222	538,006
Rhode Island		26	430,254		30	532,069
Wyoming		160	379,800		160	379,800
Mississippi		22	71,549		22	71,549
Alaska		45	36,091		46	45,138
Maine		6	14,293		6	14,293
Vermont		7	3,608		7	3,608
Maryland		1	625		1	625

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Utilities with the highest amounts of dibromoacetic acid, 2021-2023

ALL UTILITIES

LARGE UTILITIES

Utility	Location	Tests	Average level	People served
Jones Mcginty Water System	Jones, LA	24 of 24	49.0 ppb	696
Litroe Water System	Marion, LA	24 of 24	47.8 ppb	369
Linville-haile Water System	Marion, LA	24 of 24	38.1 ppb	1,635
Wards Chapel Water System	Farmerville, LA	24 of 24	36.2 ppb	1,350
Cricket Hill Apartments	Mathews, VA	1 of 1	35.9 ppb	88
Pleasant Hills-crossroads Water Systems	Joyce, LA	26 of 26	35.1 ppb	840
West Sterlington Water System	Sterlington, LA	24 of 24	31.5 ppb	1,095
City of Paint Rock	Paint Rock, TX	11 of 12	30.6 ppb	275
Rowena Water Supply Corporation	Rowena, TX	12 of 12	29.2 ppb	714
Turtle Cove Lot Owners Association	Freeport, TX	11 of 11	29.2 ppb	67
Millersview-doole Water Supply Corporation*	Millersview, TX	24 of 24	28.4 ppb	3,987
Village of Calvin Water System	Calvin, LA	26 of 26	28.0 ppb	591
Richland County Valley View Wua	Sidney, MT	4 of 4	28.0 ppb	85
Mountain Park Public Works Authority	Mountain Park, OK	12 of 12	27.6 ppb	473
Matagorda County Water Control and Improvement District 2	Sargent, TX	4 of 4	26.7 ppb	564
Concord Water System	Marion, LA	24 of 24	26.4 ppb	414
Backwood Village Water System	Saline, LA	28 of 28	26.4 ppb	783
Port Sulphur Water District	Belle Chasse, LA	26 of 30	24.6 ppb	9,222
Valley Ford Water Association	Valley Ford, CA	13 of 13	24.3 ppb	61
Darbonne Ws South	Bernice, LA	24 of 24	23.1 ppb	3,054
Sardis Water System	Gilbert, LA	24 of 24	22.6 ppb	1,404
Red Hill Waterworks Inc.*	Georgetown, LA	24 of 24	22.4 ppb	1,872
Marion Water System*	Marion, LA	24 of 24	22.1 ppb	1,098
Eagle Cove Water Association	Friday Harbor, WA	3 of 3	21.5 ppb	65
River Acres Water Supply Corporation	Robstown, TX	22 of 22	21.4 ppb	2,700
Paxton Water Supply Corporation	Joaquin, TX	20 of 20	21.3 ppb	1,168
Salem Water System	Farmerville, LA	22 of 24	21.1 ppb	753
Dubach Water System	Dubach, LA	24 of 24	21.1 ppb	1,218
Mount Toro Ranchos Mwa	Salinas, CA	1 of 1	21.0 ppb	45
Nueces County WCID 3*	Robstown, TX	45 of 45	21.0 ppb	13,200
Glen Campbell Water Works	Glen Campbell, PA	17 of 17	20.2 ppb	260
U.S. Navy San Clemente Island	San Diego, CA	259 of 259	20.1 ppb	450
Leray Town Water District 3	Watertown, NY	11 of 12	19.6 ppb	480
City of Coahoma	Coahoma, TX	24 of 24	19.2 ppb	3,552
Harris Feeding Company	Coalinga, CA	37 of 39	19.1 ppb	22
Ellwood Mutual Water Company	Santa Barbara, CA	2 of 2	19.0 ppb	186
Las Deltas Mutual Water System	Firebaugh, CA	1 of 1	19.0 ppb	375
Harris Farms Headquarters	Coalinga, CA	34 of 36	18.5 ppb	140
Village of Georgetown Water Supply	Georgetown, LA	26 of 26	18.4 ppb	363
Hico Water System	Dubach, LA	24 of 24	18.4 ppb	1,530
Indiahoma Public Works Authority	Indiahoma, OK	9 of 12	18.3 ppb	350
Farmerville Water System	Farmerville, LA	24 of 24	18.0 ppb	5,400
San Lucas Water District	San Lucas, CA	7 of 7	18.0 ppb	315
Coke County Water Supply Corporation	Robert Lee, TX	24 of 24	17.5 ppb	410
City of Ballinger*	Ballinger, TX	24 of 24	17.2 ppb	3,862
Manitou	Tipton, OK	10 of 12	17.0 ppb	278
Harris Farms South #101-144	Coalinga, CA	35 of 37	16.8 ppb	82
City of Rio Hondo	Rio Hondo, TX	24 of 24	16.7 ppb	3,055
Multi-county Water Supply Corporation	Gatesville, TX	24 of 24	16.6 ppb	4,302
South Desoto Water System	Mansfield, LA	24 of 24	16.5 ppb	936

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

Utility	Location	Tests	Average level	People served
Nueces County WCID 3*	Robstown, TX	45 of 45	21.0 ppb	13,200
City of Lemoore	Lemoore, CA	44 of 44	16.2 ppb	27,038
City of Rockport*	Rockport, TX	48 of 48	15.0 ppb	28,539
City of Ingleside	Ingleside, TX	44 of 44	14.9 ppb	10,106
City of San Juan	San Juan, TX	48 of 48	14.9 ppb	30,027
City of Portland	Portland, TX	48 of 48	14.3 ppb	20,536
Laguna Madre Water District	Port Isabel, TX	48 of 48	13.5 ppb	19,908
West Monroe Water System	West Monroe, LA	48 of 48	12.6 ppb	16,005
Gowc North Water System	West Monroe, LA	35 of 35	11.8 ppb	13,287
City of San Angelo*	San Angelo, TX	96 of 96	11.3 ppb	101,004
City of Big Spring*	Big Spring, TX	48 of 48	11.3 ppb	27,282
Nueces County WCID 4	Port Aransas, TX	48 of 48	11.0 ppb	14,880
City of Edinburg	Edinburg, TX	96 of 96	10.7 ppb	85,224
West Hwy 80 Ark Road WS	West Monroe, LA	48 of 48	10.6 ppb	14,649
City of Mission	Mission, TX	45 of 45	10.6 ppb	77,058
City of Pharr	Pharr, TX	96 of 96	10.5 ppb	77,320
McAllen Public Utility	Mcallen, TX	96 of 96	10.4 ppb	183,534
Coalinga	Coalinga, CA	48 of 48	10.3 ppb	17,277
City of Abilene*	Abilene, TX	96 of 96	10.2 ppb	125,182
City of Bastrop*	Bastrop, TX	24 of 24	10.2 ppb	13,209
Town of Discovery Bay	Discovery Bay, CA	36 of 36	10.1 ppb	16,790
Altus*	Altus, OK	48 of 48	10.1 ppb	18,717
City of Weslaco*	Weslaco, TX	48 of 48	10.0 ppb	32,092
City of Snyder*	Snyder, TX	48 of 48	9.66 ppb	10,753
Agua SUD	Mission, TX	48 of 48	9.41 ppb	52,137
Hudson Water Supply Corporation	Lufkin, TX	48 of 48	9.37 ppb	10,890
United Water Cons District*	Oxnard, CA	24 of 24	9.33 ppb	240,000
City of Port Lavaca*	Port Lavaca, TX	48 of 48	9.29 ppb	11,854
City of Mercedes*	Mercedes, TX	48 of 48	9.14 ppb	16,258
City of Midland	Midland, TX	81 of 96	9.10 ppb	142,344
City of Hays*	Hays, KS	48 of 48	9.06 ppb	20,795
Mountain House Community Services District	Mountain House, CA	40 of 44	9.05 ppb	24,040
City of Avenal	Avenal, CA	46 of 48	9.02 ppb	13,819
Ector County Utility District	Odessa, TX	47 of 48	9.01 ppb	15,300
City of Alice	Alice, TX	48 of 48	8.96 ppb	17,891
City of Hollister*	Hollister, CA	99 of 100	8.94 ppb	23,358
City of Salina*	Salina, KS	56 of 58	8.84 ppb	46,481
City of Donna	Donna, TX	47 of 48	8.79 ppb	16,176
City of Corpus Christi*	Corpus Christi, TX	144 of 144	8.54 ppb	318,387
Kempner WSC*	Kempner, TX	48 of 48	8.51 ppb	20,550
City of San Benito	San Benito, TX	45 of 48	8.27 ppb	24,250
City of Beeville	Beeville, TX	37 of 48	8.25 ppb	12,793
City of Alamo	Alamo, TX	48 of 48	8.16 ppb	18,363
North Alamo Water Supply Company*	Edinburg, TX	90 of 96	8.14 ppb	153,705
City of Junction City*	Junction City, KS	48 of 48	7.87 ppb	19,167
Cape Girardeau	Cape Girardeau, MO	6 of 6	7.86 ppb	39,941
City of Vero Beach	Vero Beach, FL	8 of 8	7.85 ppb	37,308
Eunice Water System (LAWCO)	Baton Rouge, LA	48 of 48	7.81 ppb	15,588
East Rio Hondo WSC*	Rio Hondo, TX	41 of 48	7.79 ppb	24,756
Sharyland Water Supply Corporation	Mission, TX	96 of 96	7.77 ppb	61,500

EWG’s Tap
Water Database

Nitrate in
Tap Water

CONTAMINANT

Dibromoacetic acid

STATES DETECTED

44

serves

182 million

utilities detected

16,226

states detected

44

serves

164 million

utilities detected

15,661

Overview

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

National Standard Exists

Health Concerns:

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CONTAMINANT

Dibromoacetic acid

STATES DETECTED

44

serves

182 million

utilities detected

16,226

states detected

44

serves

164 million

utilities detected

15,661

Overview

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

National Standard Exists

Health Concerns:

Want to removeDibromoacetic acid from your water?

Dibromoacetic acid around the Country

Utilities with the highest amounts of dibromoacetic acid, 2021-2023

Know the Standards

Take Action

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