PFAS ("forever chemicals") · 2024

Perfluoropentanoic acid in Ucmr5 — Bakersfield, City of (2024), CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

Ucmr5 — Bakersfield, City of (2024), CA's 2024 report shows Perfluoropentanoic acid detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
Groundwater
0–5.8 ng/L
Average
Groundwater
0.57 ng/L
Range
Surface Water
Not detected ng/L
Average
Surface Water
Not detected ng/L

Verbatim from Ucmr5 — Bakersfield, City of (2024), CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Perfluoropentanoic acid

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

Monitored under EPA rules; persistent in the environment.

People also ask

+Is there Perfluoropentanoic acid in Ucmr5 — Bakersfield, City of (2024), CA tap water?

Yes — Ucmr5 — Bakersfield, City of (2024), CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Perfluoropentanoic acid at 0.57 ng/L. Ucmr5 — Bakersfield, City of (2024), CA's 2024 report shows Perfluoropentanoic acid detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

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

The EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for Perfluoropentanoic acid. Utilities still report any measured levels in their annual Consumer Confidence Report.

+What is Perfluoropentanoic acid?

Perfluoropentanoic acid, a shorter-chain PFAS 'forever chemical.' Monitored under EPA rules; persistent in the environment.

+Where does this Perfluoropentanoic acid measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Perfluoropentanoic acid entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Ucmr5 — Bakersfield, City of (2024), CA 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/ca/ucmr5-bakersfield-2024/2024/source.

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