VOCs & pesticides · 2024
Tetrachloroethylene in Montgomery, AL tap water
Montgomery, AL's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Tetrachloroethylene and reported no detectable amount.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Reported level System-wide | Not detected | 5 MCL |
Verbatim from Montgomery, AL's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Tetrachloroethylene
An industrial solvent (PCE) used in dry cleaning and degreasing.
A likely human carcinogen; long-term exposure above the federal limit can damage the liver and kidneys.
How Montgomery, AL compares
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People also ask
+Is there Tetrachloroethylene in Montgomery, AL tap water?
Montgomery, AL's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Tetrachloroethylene and found no detectable amount.
+What's the federal limit for Tetrachloroethylene in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Tetrachloroethylene is 5 . The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Tetrachloroethylene?
An industrial solvent (PCE) used in dry cleaning and degreasing. A likely human carcinogen; long-term exposure above the federal limit can damage the liver and kidneys.
+Where does this Tetrachloroethylene measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Tetrachloroethylene entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Montgomery, AL water utility — the annual drinking-water report every U.S. utility is required by federal law to publish. The original source document is archived at /water/al/montgomery/2024/source.