VOCs & pesticides · 2021

Tetrachloroethylene in Cal/am Water Company - San Marino — Rosemead, Ca, CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

Cal/am Water Company - San Marino — Rosemead, Ca, CA's 2021 report shows Tetrachloroethylene detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Maximum
18% MWD Weymouth
Not detected %
Range
82% San Marino Distribution System
1.6 %
Range
18% MWD Weymouth
Not detected %
Maximum
82% San Marino Distribution System
1.6 %

Verbatim from Cal/am Water Company - San Marino — Rosemead, Ca, CA's 2021 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 Cal/am Water Company - San Marino — Rosemead, Ca, CA compares

4 of the 131 systems measuring Tetrachloroethylene on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Tetrachloroethylene:

People also ask

+Is there Tetrachloroethylene in Cal/am Water Company - San Marino — Rosemead, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Cal/am Water Company - San Marino — Rosemead, Ca, CA's 2021 Consumer Confidence Report lists Tetrachloroethylene at 1.6 %. Cal/am Water Company - San Marino — Rosemead, Ca, CA's 2021 report shows Tetrachloroethylene detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

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

The federal MCLG for Tetrachloroethylene is 0.06 %. 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.

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

4 of the 131 systems on The Water Map measuring Tetrachloroethylene report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Lukins Brothers Water Company — South Lake Tahoe, Ca, CA, California Domestic Water Company — Whittier, Ca, CA, California Domestic Water Company — Whittier, Ca, CA.

+Where does this Tetrachloroethylene measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Tetrachloroethylene entry from the 2021 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Cal/am Water Company - San Marino — Rosemead, Ca, 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/cal-am-water-company-san-marino-rosemead-ca/2021/source.

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