tapwater: Total Trihalomethanes in Tapwater

Description Usage Format Source

Description

Trihalomethanes are formed as a by-product predominantly when chlorine is used to disinfect water for drinking. They result from the reaction of chlorine or bromine with organic matter present in the water being treated. THMs have been associated through epidemiological studies with some adverse health effects and many are considered carcinogenic. In the United States, the EPA limits the total concentration of the four chief constituents (chloroform, bromoform, bromodichloromethane, and dibromochloromethane), referred to as total trihalomethanes (TTHM), to 80 parts per billion in treated water.

Usage

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Format

A dataframe with 28 rows and 6 variables:

date

Date of collection

tthm

average total trihalomethanes in ppb

samples

number of samples

nondetects

number of samples where tthm not detected (0)

min

min tthm in ppb in samples

max

max tthm in ppb in samples

Source

National Drinking Water Database for Durham, NC. https://www.ewg.org


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