Chemical Contaminants in Water

The following bulletins cover the possible health effects of drinking water containing these chemicals. Most bulletins are in PDF format.

Bulletins

• Alachlor
• Ammonia
• Arsenic
• Atrazine
• Benzene
• Boron
• BTEX
• Calcium carbonate
• Carbon tetrachloride
• Coliform bacteria
• Copper
• Cyanotoxins
• Dacthal
• 1,1-Dichloroethane (1,1-DCA)
• 1,1-Dichloroethylene (1,1-DCE)
• 1,2-Dichloroethane (1,2-DCA)
• cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene (cis-1,2-DCE)
• trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene (trans-1,2-DCE)
• 1,2-Dichloropropane (1,2-DCP)
• Ethylbenzene
• Ethylene dibromide (EDB)
• Giardia
• Haloacetic acids (HAAs)
• Hexavalent chromium (chromium-6)
• Lead
• Lithium

• Mercury
• Methyl chloride
• Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE)
• Nitrate
• Nitrate - Spanish version (Nitrato)
• p-Dichlorobenzene
• Pentachlorophenol 
• Perchlorates
• Phthalates
• Picloram
• Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
• PCBs and Submersible Pumps
• Sodium (dietary)
• Sodium carbonate (Soda ash)
• Sodium hydroxide
• Tetrachloroethylene (PCE)
• Toluene
• Tributyltin (TBT)
• Trichloroethylene (TCE)
• 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (1,1,1-TCA)
• Trichlorofluoromethane
• Trihalomethanes (THMs)
• Uranium
• Xylene