VOCs & pesticides · 2024
Trichloroethylene in Ucmr5 — Bakersfield, City of (2024), CA tap water
Ucmr5 — Bakersfield, City of (2024), CA's 2024 Trichloroethylene measurement is below the federal limit of 5 ug/L (MCL).
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Range Groundwater | 0–1.5 ug/L | 5 ug/L MCL |
Average Groundwater | Not detected ug/L | 5 ug/L MCL |
Range Surface Water | Not detected ug/L | 5 ug/L MCL |
Average Surface Water | Not detected ug/L | 5 ug/L MCL |
Range Kcwa | Not detected ug/L | 5 ug/L MCL |
Average Kcwa | Not detected ug/L | 5 ug/L MCL |
Verbatim from Ucmr5 — Bakersfield, City of (2024), CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Trichloroethylene
An industrial solvent (TCE) used in metal degreasing.
A known human carcinogen; long-term exposure above the federal limit can damage the liver.
How Ucmr5 — Bakersfield, City of (2024), CA compares
1 of the 17 CA systems measuring Trichloroethylene on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
People also ask
+Is there Trichloroethylene in Ucmr5 — Bakersfield, City of (2024), CA tap water?
Yes — Ucmr5 — Bakersfield, City of (2024), CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Trichloroethylene at Not detected ug/L. Ucmr5 — Bakersfield, City of (2024), CA's 2024 Trichloroethylene measurement is below the federal limit of 5 ug/L (MCL).
+What's the federal limit for Trichloroethylene in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Trichloroethylene is 5 ug/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Trichloroethylene?
An industrial solvent (TCE) used in metal degreasing. A known human carcinogen; long-term exposure above the federal limit can damage the liver.
+Which other U.S. cities have Trichloroethylene over the federal limit?
1 of the 17 CA systems on The Water Map measuring Trichloroethylene report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include California Domestic Water Company — Whittier, Ca, CA.
+Where does this Trichloroethylene measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Trichloroethylene 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.