Bromomethane

Status: No national drinking water standard exists

Bromomethane, or methyl bromide, is a pesticide fumigant that was banned because it depletes the ozone layer.

2013-2019:

FOUND

states detected

301

utilities detected

4.8 million

people served

Health concerns for bromomethane

Harm to the brain and nervous system

Harm to fetal growth and child development

Harm to the lungs

Skin and eye irritation

States reporting bromomethane in drinking water

	UTILITIES WITH CONTAMINATION
State	Utilities	People Served
Ohio		8	1,295,551
California		19	1,199,198
New York		70	543,736
New Jersey		6	452,076
Texas		54	238,832
Pennsylvania		3	135,895
Massachusetts		7	135,372
Florida		2	129,000
Idaho		1	114,680
Louisiana		10	99,975
Mississippi		6	70,001
Alabama		6	55,263
North Carolina		5	47,515
Connecticut		1	37,267
Missouri		10	33,984
Utah		1	33,000
Illinois		2	29,880
Arkansas		25	25,829
Wisconsin		9	19,743
Minnesota		1	18,000
Washington		16	15,297
Maryland		16	12,087
Iowa		7	5,442
Indiana		2	1,695
Nevada		1	1,240
Nebraska		2	969
Michigan		2	893
Montana		3	622
Wyoming		3	594
South Carolina		1	367
Georgia		2	258

LESS

Filtering technologies that reduce bromomethane

Utilities with the highest amounts of bromomethane, 2013-2019

ALL UTILITIES

LARGE UTILITIES

Utility	Location	Tests	Average level	People served
Naval Support Facility, Indian Head	Indian Head, MD	1 of 1	21.1 ppb	3,321
J & R Mobile Home Park	Bastrop, TX	5 of 5	11.1 ppb	30
Lakeside Water	Kennard, TX	1 of 3	7.43 ppb	50
Lake Livingston Branchwood	Livingston, TX	4 of 5	7.06 ppb	55
Huttig Waterworks	Huttig, AR	3 of 11	6.07 ppb	733
Wee Wood Park	Mayville, NY	19 of 25	5.88 ppb	45
Lake Erie Mobile Home Park LLC	Fredonia, NY	34 of 48	4.33 ppb	320
Town of Kitzmiller	Mountain Lake Park, MD	2 of 2	3.84 ppb	370
Bell Water	New Waverly, TX	5 of 5	2.56 ppb	59
City of Giddings*	Giddings, TX	8 of 11	2.19 ppb	7,428
Westwood Villa Apartments	Blanco, TX	8 of 11	2.19 ppb	70
Cameron Parish Water and Water Works District 1	Cameron, LA	10 of 20	2.17 ppb	972
Creston Public Water	Creston, WA	3 of 10	1.92 ppb	275
Villager Apartments	Colden, NY	5 of 6	1.90 ppb	40
Bradley Waterworks*	Bradley, AR	18 of 21	1.80 ppb	567
Walnut Hill Water	Bradley, AR	18 of 21	1.80 ppb	270
Cedar Hills Water Association	Gillette, WY	1 of 1	1.80 ppb	258
Prattsville Water District	Prattsville, NY	25 of 40	1.80 ppb	375
New London Water	Strong, AR	5 of 8	1.76 ppb	802
Wilmot Waterworks	Wilmot, AR	5 of 5	1.71 ppb	550
Smackover	Smackover, AR	6 of 10	1.67 ppb	2,821
Tennessee Water Supply Corporation	Timpson, TX	5 of 7	1.65 ppb	384
Felsenthal Water	Felsenthal, AR	13 of 22	1.61 ppb	150
Alpine Manor Home For Adults	Lima, NY	4 of 5	1.60 ppb	36
Woodbine Water Department	Woodbine, IA	1 of 1	1.60 ppb	1,464
Wildwood Water	El Dorado, AR	10 of 12	1.57 ppb	1,350
Lamont Water System	Lamont, WA	1 of 2	1.55 ppb	88
Three Palms Mobilehome Park	Sacramento, CA	1 of 1	1.50 ppb	300
Welton Water Supply	Calamus, IA	1 of 1	1.50 ppb	165
Glenview Apartments - Lower	Binghamton, NY	1 of 6	1.49 ppb	164
Canal Fulton City Public Water System	Canal Fulton, OH	1 of 2	1.48 ppb	5,479
Twin Fawn Estates	Lowman, NY	2 of 2	1.45 ppb	50
Rockwood Borough Municipal Authority*	Rockwood, PA	2 of 2	1.38 ppb	1,250
Milford Township Municipal Authority	Rockwood, PA	2 of 2	1.38 ppb	75
Osage County Public Water Supply District 4	Argyle, MO	1 of 2	1.30 ppb	358
Big Tree Mobile Home Park	West Seneca, NY	3 of 7	1.16 ppb	99
Louann Waterworks*	El Dorado, AR	9 of 12	1.15 ppb	180
Shorewood Forest Water System	Riverside, TX	3 of 6	1.13 ppb	305
Chenango Ranch	Magnolia, TX	2 of 6	1.12 ppb	51
Willbe Mobile Home Park	Hopewell Junction, NY	1 of 3	1.07 ppb	45
Clay Water Supply Corporation	Dripping Springs, TX	2 of 6	1.05 ppb	156
Howlands Mobile Home Park	Athens, NY	1 of 2	1.05 ppb	35
Gilbertown (utilities Board of, Town of)	Gilbertown, AL	3 of 8	1.04 ppb	8,157
Pentwater	Pentwater, MI	1 of 1	1.000 ppb	857
North Milam Water Supply Corporation	Cameron, TX	1 of 11	1.000 ppb	1,713
Norphlet	Norphlet, AR	10 of 13	0.984 ppb	1,112
Sunset Townhouses	Ithaca, NY	2 of 4	0.975 ppb	36
Sawkill Trailer Park	Hyde Park, NY	15 of 33	0.972 ppb	186
Harris County Water Control and Improvement District 91	Houston, TX	1 of 5	0.960 ppb	3,018
Olivehurst Public UD	Olivehurst, CA	1 of 4	0.950 ppb	13,738

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

Utility	Location	Tests	Average level	People served
Olivehurst Public UD	Olivehurst, CA	1 of 4	0.950 ppb	13,738
City of Greenville	Greenville, MS	15 of 18	0.843 ppb	31,517
City of Stuart - Water Plant	Stuart, FL	1 of 6	0.567 ppb	19,000
West Monroe Water System	West Monroe, LA	5 of 18	0.378 ppb	15,930
Fitchburg Dpw, Div. of Water Supply*	Fitchburg, MA	1 of 9	0.322 ppb	40,545
City of Alvin*	Alvin, TX	6 of 22	0.286 ppb	24,000
Westchester County WD #2*	Somers, NY	1 of 7	0.264 ppb	36,000
Easthampton Water Department	Easthampton, MA	1 of 65	0.246 ppb	16,053
Lee County WSC	Giddings, TX	1 of 44	0.227 ppb	12,030
Midvale City Water System	Midvale, UT	4 of 34	0.182 ppb	33,000
Dare County Water System*	Kill Devil Hills, NC	1 of 4	0.175 ppb	22,766
Methuen Water Department*	Methuen, MA	1 of 5	0.160 ppb	50,259
Glendale Waterworks	Glendale, WI	1 of 5	0.146 ppb	12,883
Saratoga Springs City*	Saratoga Springs, NY	4 of 18	0.140 ppb	35,900
Golden State Water Company (GSWC) - Southwest	Gardena, CA	5 of 24	0.135 ppb	271,677
Lomita Water Department	Lomita, CA	2 of 8	0.104 ppb	20,256
Village Water System	Princeton, LA	2 of 16	0.0806 ppb	10,644
City of Lemoore	Lemoore, CA	2 of 33	0.0779 ppb	24,945
City of Pineville Water System	Pineville, LA	2 of 20	0.0740 ppb	20,315
South Elgin	South Elgin, IL	2 of 12	0.0709 ppb	22,549
Boone County Cons. PWSD1*	Columbia, MO	1 of 36	0.0694 ppb	21,500
City of Santa Rosa	Santa Rosa, CA	1 of 6	0.0667 ppb	170,236
South Hadley FD #1 (MWRA)	South Hadley, MA	1 of 5	0.0660 ppb	14,000
City of Gautier	Gautier, MS	1 of 14	0.0647 ppb	18,572
City of Grandview	Grandview, WA	1 of 16	0.0563 ppb	11,010
Water Works District #1 of Vermilion	Maurice, LA	2 of 14	0.0529 ppb	21,600
City of Orange	Orange, TX	3 of 15	0.0479 ppb	18,643
City of Alice	Alice, TX	1 of 13	0.0438 ppb	18,949
Carolina Beach Water System	Carolina Beach, NC	2 of 16	0.0438 ppb	11,786
City of Seabrook*	Seabrook, TX	1 of 13	0.0400 ppb	12,792
Rapides Parish Waterworks District 3*	Tioga, LA	1 of 12	0.0367 ppb	19,983
City of Sanger	Sanger, CA	1 of 17	0.0341 ppb	25,664
Sacramento County Water Authority - Laguna/Vineyard*	Sacramento, CA	4 of 103	0.0335 ppb	148,814
Queensbury Water District*	Queensbury, NY	1 of 21	0.0276 ppb	39,799
Pennsylvania American Water Lake Scranton	Wilkes-barre, PA	2 of 20	0.0250 ppb	134,570
City of Corinth	Glen, MS	1 of 10	0.0247 ppb	16,000
Lyndhurst Water Department	Lyndhurst, NJ	2 of 17	0.0241 ppb	20,500
Hoboken Water Services*	Hoboken, NJ	2 of 17	0.0241 ppb	52,000
Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority*	Hoboken, NJ	2 of 17	0.0241 ppb	262,000
US Army Aviation and Missile Command	Redstone Arsenal, AL	1 of 21	0.0221 ppb	38,700
Anoka	Anoka, MN	1 of 15	0.0220 ppb	18,000
Clearwater Water System	Clearwater, FL	1 of 10	0.0220 ppb	110,000
Norwalk Water Department	Norwalk, CA	5 of 85	0.0212 ppb	18,372
City of Inglewood	Inglewood, CA	1 of 24	0.0204 ppb	82,500
City of Pleasanton	Pleasanton, TX	1 of 45	0.0197 ppb	13,776
Aurora City - Cleveland PWS	Aurora, OH	1 of 30	0.0193 ppb	15,852
Cleveland Public Water System*	Cleveland, OH	1 of 30	0.0193 ppb	1,262,955
Bedford City PWS	Bedford, OH	1 of 30	0.0193 ppb	13,074
City of Lakewood	Lakewood, OH	1 of 30	0.0193 ppb	52,100
City of San Jacinto	San Jacinto, CA	1 of 14	0.0143 ppb	14,435