GUAM WATERWORKS AUTHORITY
Water Quality Report
1996-1997

PARAMETER

UNIT

MCL1

DL2

MIN3

MAX4

MIN3

MAX4

GROUND WATER

SURFACE WATER

Regulated SOCs

Dibromochloropropane (DBCP)

mg/l

0.0002

0.00001

nd5

0.00001

nd

nd

Ethylene Dibromide (EDB)

mg/l

0.00005

0.00001

nd

0.00008

nd

nd

PCBs

mg/l

0.0005

0.0001

nd

nd

nd

nd

Toxaphene

mg/l

0.003

0.0005

nd

nd

nd

nd

Aldicarb (Temik)

mg/l

0.003

0.0005

nd

nd

nd

nd

Aldicarb Sulfone

mg/l

0.002

0.0008

nd

nd

nd

nd

Carbofuran

mg/l

0.04

0.0009

nd

nd

nd

nd

Oxamyl (Vidate)

mg/l

0.2

0.002

nd

nd

nd

nd

Dalapon

mg/l

0.2

0.001

nd

nd

nd

nd

Dinoseb

mg/l

0.007

0.0002

nd

nd

nd

nd

Picloram

mg/l

0.5

0.0001

nd

0.00085

nd

nd

2,4-D (Formula 40, Weedar 64)

mg/l

0.07

0.0001

nd

nd

nd

nd

2,4,5-TP (Silvex)

mg/l

0.07

0.0002

nd

nd

nd

nd

Alachlor (Lasso)

mg/l

0.002

0.00005

nd

nd

nd

nd

Atrazine (Atranex, Crizarina)

mg/l

0.003

0.00005

nd

nd

nd

nd

Benzo(a)pyrene

mg/l

0.0002

0.00002

nd

nd

nd

nd

Chlordane

mg/l

0.002

0.0001

nd

0.0014

nd

nd

Di(ethylhexyl)-adipate

mg/l

0.4

0.0006

nd

0.0032

nd

nd

Di(ethylhexyl)-phthalate

mg/l

0.006

0.0005

nd

0.0026

nd

0.0018

Endrin

mg/l

0.002

0.00001

nd

0.00085

nd

0.00002

Heptachlor (H-34, Heptox)

mg/l

0.0004

0.00001

nd

0.00002

nd

nd

Heptachlor Epoxide

mg/l

0.0002

0.00001

nd

0.00003

nd

0.00001

Hexachlorobenzene

mg/l

0.001

0.00005

nd

nd

nd

nd

Hexachlorocyclopentadiene

mg/l

0.001

0.00005

nd

nd

nd

nd

Lindane

mg/l

0.0002

0.00001

nd

nd

nd

nd

Methoxychlor (DMDT, Marlate)

mg/l

0.04

0.00005

nd

nd

nd

nd

Pentachlorophenol

mg/l

0.001

0.001

nd

nd

nd

nd

Simazine

mg/l

0.004

0.00005

nd

nd

nd

nd

2,3,7,8-TCDD (Dioxin)

mg/l

0.00000003

1.4pg/l

nd

nd

nd

nd

Diquat

mg/l

0.02

0.0004

nd

nd

nd

nd

Endothall

mg/l

0.1

0.005

nd

nd

nd

nd

Glyphosate

mg/l

0.7

0.006

nd

nd

nd

nd

Unregulated SOCs

Carbaryl

mg/l

na6

0.002

nd

nd

nd

nd

Methomyl

mg/l

na

0.001

nd

nd

nd

nd

3-Hydroxycarbofuran

mg/l

na

0.002

nd

nd

nd

nd

Dicamba

mg/l

na

0.00008

nd

nd

nd

nd

Aldrin

mg/l

na

0.00005

nd

0.00001

nd

0.00002

Butachlor

mg/l

na

0.00005

nd

nd

nd

nd

Dieldrin

mg/l

na

0.00002

nd

0.00041

nd

0.00002

Metolachlor

mg/l

na

0.00005

nd

nd

nd

nd

Metribuzin

mg/l

na

0.00005

nd

nd

nd

nd

Propachlor

mg/l

na

0.00005

nd

nd

nd

nd

Unregulated IOCs

Antimony

mg/l

0.006

0.001

nd5

0.001

nd

nd

Arsenic

mg/l

0.05

0.001

nd

0.0043

nd

nd

Asbestos

MFL

7

0.01

nd

nd

nd

nd

Barium

mg/l

2

0.002

nd

0.086

nd

0.0034

Beryllium

mg/l

0.004

0.001

nd

nd

nd

nd

Cadmium

mg/l

0.005

0.0005

nd

0.00099

nd

nd

Chromium

mg/l

0.1

0.0085

nd

0.072

nd

0.0047

Cyanide

mg/l

0.2

0.025

nd

nd

nd

nd

Fluoride

mg/l

4

0.1

nd

1.6

nd

0.61

Mercury

mg/l

0.002

0.0002

nd

0.00075

nd

nd

Nickel

mg/l

0.1

0.005

nd

nd

nd

nd

Nitrate-N

mg/l

10

0.1

nd

4.35

nd

1.298

Nitrite-N

mg/l

1

0.2

nd

0.02

nd

0.05

Selenium

mg/l

0.05

0.005

nd

nd

nd

nd

Thallium

mg/l

0.002

0.001

nd

nd

nd

nd

Unregulated IOCs

Sulfate

mg/l

na6

2

2.5

55

4.5

19

1MCL: Maximum Contaminant Level

4MAX: Maximum Annual Running Average

2DL : Detection Level

5nd : not detected

3MIN : Minimum Annual Running Average

6na : not applicable for unregulated contaminants

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