PFAS ("forever chemicals") · 2024

Perfluorohexanoic acid in Gilbert, AZ tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.7× the limit

Gilbert, AZ's 2024 Perfluorohexanoic acid measurement is below the federal limit of 10 ng/L (MCL).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Reported level
System-wide
4.4 ng/L
Reported level
Location
7

Verbatim from Gilbert, AZ's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Perfluorohexanoic acid

Perfluorohexanoic acid, a shorter-chain PFAS 'forever chemical.'

Monitored under EPA rules; persistent and widely detected.

How Gilbert, AZ compares

5 of the 134 systems measuring Perfluorohexanoic acid on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Perfluorohexanoic acid:

People also ask

+Is there Perfluorohexanoic acid in Gilbert, AZ tap water?

Yes — Gilbert, AZ's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Perfluorohexanoic acid at 7. Gilbert, AZ's 2024 Perfluorohexanoic acid measurement is below the federal limit of 10 ng/L (MCL).

+What's the federal limit for Perfluorohexanoic acid in drinking water?

The federal MCL for Perfluorohexanoic acid is 10 ng/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Perfluorohexanoic acid?

Perfluorohexanoic acid, a shorter-chain PFAS 'forever chemical.' Monitored under EPA rules; persistent and widely detected.

+Which other U.S. cities have Perfluorohexanoic acid over the federal limit?

5 of the 134 systems on The Water Map measuring Perfluorohexanoic acid report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include New Braunfels, TX, Burbank, CA, Pomona, CA.

+Where does this Perfluorohexanoic acid measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Perfluorohexanoic acid entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Gilbert, AZ 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/az/gilbert/2024/source.

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