How will I know if dalapon is in my drinking water?

If you are concerned about dalapon in a private well, please visit:

How does dalapon get into my drinking water?

EPA regulates dalapon in drinking water to protect public health.

The major source of dalapon in drinking water is runoff from herbicide used on rights of way.

This health effects language is not intended to catalog all possible health effects for dalapon.

What are dalapon's health effects?

What are EPA's drinking water regulations for dalapon?

Rather, it is intended to inform consumers of some of the possible health effects associated with dalapon in drinking water when the rule was finalized.

What is dalapon?

Uses for dalapon.

The following treatment method(s) have proven to be effective for removing dalapon to below 0.2 mg/L or 200 ppb: granular activated carbon.

Some people who drink water containing dalapon well in excess of the maximum contaminant level (MCL) for many years could experience minor kidney changes.

EPA's private drinking water wells Web site Water Systems Council Web site What are dalapon's health effects?

States may set more stringent drinking water MCLGs and MCLs for dalapon than EPA.

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When routine monitoring indicates that dalapon levels are above the MCL, your water supplier must take steps to reduce the amount of dalapon so that it is below that level.