Tallarook  (Victoria)

Highest Detections only  2009/11

Tallarook 0.025mg/L Goulburn Valley Water Chloral Hydrate 2010/11

Tallarook 0.026mg/L Goulburn Valley Water Chloral Hydrate 2009/10

2004 Australian Drinking Water Guideline: Trichloroacetaldehyde (chloral hydrate): 0.02mg/L

2011 Australian Drinking Water Guideline: Trichloroacetaldehyde (chloral hydrate): 0.1mg/L

“Chloral hydrate is a disinfection by-product, arising from chlorination of water containing naturally occurring organic material (NOM). Chloral hydrate has only been detected by Goulburn Valley Water since changing to a new contract testing laboratory in November 2007. The Department of Health is currently conducting a study into the detection of chloral hydrate across Victoria.”