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CONTAMINANT

Methylcyclohexane

STATES DETECTED

1

serves

18,774

utilities detected

11

Overview

Methylcyclohexane is an industrial chemical.

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Methylcyclohexane around the Country

UTILITIES WITH CONTAMINATION
State Utilities People Served
Texas1118,774

Utilities with the highest amounts of methylcyclohexane, 2021-2023

ALL UTILITIES
LARGE UTILITIES
Utility Location Tests Average level People served
New Fairview MUD 1Dallas, TX1 of 180.1 ppb537
Northwest Harris County Municipal Utility District 23Houston, TX1 of 15.00 ppb4,176
Harris County Municipal Utility District 58Houston, TX1 of 14.00 ppb2,289
West Harris County Municipal Utility District 11Houston, TX1 of 14.00 ppb8,274
Louetta Road Utility District*Houston, TX1 of 13.00 ppb1,410
Clayton Water Supply Corporation Plant 3 and 7Clayton, TX3 of 31.83 ppb402
Hillcrest North MUDDallas, TX1 of 11.20 ppb114
Clayton Water Supply Corporation Plant 1Clayton, TX2 of 21.05 ppb78
Mesa Grande Water Supply CorporationGranbury, TX1 of 10.760 ppb405
Benbrook Village Mobile Home ParkGlendale, TX1 of 10.700 ppb357
Hills of Oliver CreekPflugerville, TX2 of 20.600 ppb732

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

UtilityLocationTestsAverage levelPeople served

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