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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Hexane(s)

Status: No national drinking water standard exists

 

Hexane is a volatile solvent and a cleaning agent.

2017-2019:

FOUND

1

states detected

3

utilities detected

14,715

people served

States reporting hexane(s) in drinking water

UTILITIES WITH CONTAMINATION
State UtilitiesPeople Served
Texas314,715
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LESS

Filtering technologies that reduce hexane(s)

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Activated Carbon

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Reverse Osmosis

Utilities with the highest amounts of hexane(s), 2017-2019

ALL UTILITIES
LARGE UTILITIES
UtilityLocationTestsAverage levelPeople served
West Harris County Municipal Utility District 11Houston, TX2 of 26.20 ppb8,205
Lake Forest Utility DistrictHouston, TX3 of 35.33 ppb6,291
Mesa Ridge SubdivisionAustin, TX1 of 14.58 ppb219
UtilityLocationTestsAverage levelPeople served