PFAS ("forever chemicals") · 2025

PFBA in Burbank-city, Water Dept., CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

Burbank-city, Water Dept., CA's 2025 report shows PFBA detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
Source water
8.35344827586207 NG/L
Average
Entry point
7.752866242038217 NG/L
Highest single sample
Entry point
11 NG/L
Highest single sample
Source water
17 NG/L
Highest single sample
Entry point
7 ng/L

Verbatim from Burbank-city, Water Dept., CA's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About PFBA

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

Monitored under EPA rules; persistent in the environment and the human body.

How Burbank-city, Water Dept., CA compares

5 of the 219 systems measuring PFBA on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting PFBA:

People also ask

+Is there PFBA in Burbank-city, Water Dept., CA tap water?

Yes — Burbank-city, Water Dept., CA's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report lists PFBA at 8.35344827586207 NG/L. Burbank-city, Water Dept., CA's 2025 report shows PFBA detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

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

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

+What is PFBA?

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

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

5 of the 219 systems on The Water Map measuring PFBA report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include City of Hampton, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, Hampton, VA.

+Where does this PFBA measurement come from?

This page reproduces the PFBA entry from the 2025 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Burbank-city, Water Dept., 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/burbank-city-water-dept/2025/source.

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