Summary of Organic Chemical Standards/Limits:

Compound Designated Use Limit (mg/l*)

 
 *unless otherwise noted

Volatiles

 
 
 Benzene
 Freshwater (FW) Aquatic Life
 acute 5.3
 Saltwater (SW) Aquatic Life
 acute 5.1
 Human Consumption 0.0066
 
 Carbon Tetrachloride
 FW Aquatic Life
 acute 35.2
 SW Aquatic Life
 acute 50
 Human Consumption  0.004 (lifetime cancer risk
  of 1 in 100,000)
 
 Chlorobenzene
 FW Aquatic Life
 acute  0.25 
 SW Aquatic Life
 acute  0.16
 chronic  0.13
 Human Consumption   0.49 (lifetime cancer risk
  of 1 in 100,000)
 
 Styrene
 Human Consumption  0.9 (lifetime cancer risk
  of 1 in 100,000)
 
 Toluene
 FW Aquatic Life
 acute 17.5 
 SW Aquatic Life
 acute  6.3
 chronic   5.0 
 Human Consumption 14.3 (lifetime cancer risk
  of 1 in 100,000)
 
 Vinyl Chloride
 Human Consumption  0.002 MCL
 
 
 

Synthetics: Non-Volatile

 
 
 Acrylamide
 Human Consumption  No U.S. criteria currently set
 
 Pentachlorophenol
  FW Aquatic Life
 acute  0.055
 chronic  0.0032
 SW Aquatic Life
 acute  0.053
 chronic  0.034
 Human Consumption  0.021 (no adverse effects)
 
 Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
 FW Aquatic Life  0.014 micrograms/l 24 hour average
 SW Aquatic Life  0.030 micrograms/l 24 hour average
 Human Consumption  0.00079 micrograms/l (lifetime 
  cancer risk of
  1 in 100,000)
 
 2,3,7,8-TCDD (Dioxin)
 Human Consumption  0.013 g/l
 
 
 

Pesticides

Compound Designated Use Limit (mg/l*)

 
 
 Atrazine 
 Drinking Water    0.003 MCL
 Aquatic Life 
 acute   0.17
 chronic   0.003
 
 Metolachlor
 Lifetime Health Advisory Level   0.1 
 
 Alachlor
 Drinking Water    0.002 MCL
 Aquatic Life 
 acute   0.76 
 chronic   0.076 
 
 2 - 4 D 
 Drinking Water    0.07 MCL
 
 Trifluralin
 Lifetime Health Advisory Level   0.005 
 
 Glyphosate
 Drinking Water    0.7 MCL 
 
 Dicamba
 Lifetime Health Advisory Level   0.2
 
 Cyanazine
 Lifetime Health Advisory Level   0.001 
 
 Simazine
 Drinking Water    0.004 MCL
 
 2,4,5-T 
 Lifetime Health Advisory Level  0.07 
 

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