Acenaphthylene
Status: No national drinking water standard exists
Acenaphthylene is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, or PAH, released from combustion of fossil fuels and waste incinerators. PAHs increase the risk of cancer; damage the immune, nervous and reproductive systems; and can harm developing fetuses.
2017-2019:
FOUND
2
states detected
4
utilities detected
11,970
people served
States reporting acenaphthylene in drinking water
| UTILITIES WITH CONTAMINATION | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State | Utilities | People Served | |
| Arkansas | 3 | 11,597 | |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 373 | |
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Filtering technologies that reduce acenaphthylene
Activated Carbon
Reverse Osmosis
Utilities with the highest amounts of acenaphthylene, 2017-2019
ALL UTILITIES
LARGE UTILITIES
| Utility | Location | Tests | Average level | People served |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mena Water* | Mena, AR | 1 of 14 | 0.0550 ppb | 7,784 |
| Acorn Rural Water | Not Submitted, AR | 1 of 14 | 0.0550 ppb | 1,975 |
| Freedom Water | Mena, AR | 1 of 14 | 0.0550 ppb | 1,838 |
| Leflore County Rural Water District #17 | Hodgen, OK | 1 of 14 | 0.0550 ppb | 373 |
| Dota Public Water | Cord, AR | 1 of 5 | 0.0160 ppb | 2,662 |
| Peach Orchard | Mc Dougal, AR | 1 of 28 | 0.00357 ppb | 135 |
| Success Waterworks | Success, AR | 1 of 28 | 0.00357 ppb | 151 |
| Corning Waterworks | Corning, AR | 1 of 28 | 0.00357 ppb | 3,650 |
| Delaplaine | Mc Dougal, AR | 1 of 28 | 0.00357 ppb | 116 |
| O Kean Waterworks | Mc Dougal, AR | 1 of 28 | 0.00357 ppb | 207 |
| Clay County Reg Water District* | Mc Dougal, AR | 1 of 28 | 0.00357 ppb | 5,515 |
* 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 Acenaphthylene, but it likely has the contaminant in its water supply.
| Utility | Location | Tests | Average level | People served |
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