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Organic Contaminant

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-019780

1. Carbon-based chemical, such as solvents and pesticides, which can get into water through runoff from cropland or discharge from factories. EPA has set legal limits on 56 organic contaminants.

2. For purposes of RCRA ground water monitoring, contaminant-specific levels borrowed from SDWA that are the maximum levels of hazardous waste or hazardous constituents allowed to be present in the groundwater.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-019780
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesDrinking Water Glossary; RCRA Orientation Manual 20008 Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-019780",
  "term": "Organic Contaminant",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Carbon-based chemical, such as solvents and pesticides, which can get into water through runoff from cropland or discharge from factories. EPA has set legal limits on 56 organic contaminants.\n\n2. For purposes of RCRA ground water monitoring, contaminant-specific levels borrowed from SDWA that are the maximum levels of hazardous waste or hazardous constituents allowed to be present in the groundwater.",
  "references": [
    "Drinking Water Glossary",
    "RCRA Orientation Manual 20008 Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/organic-contaminant/"
}

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