VOCs & pesticides · 2023

Xylenes in Cal Am - West Placer — Sacramento, Ca, CA tap water

Within the federal limit

Cal Am - West Placer — Sacramento, Ca, CA's 2023 Xylenes measurement is below the federal limit of 10 mg/L (MCL).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
West Placer
Not detected mg/L
Range
West Placer
0.0006 mg/L

Verbatim from Cal Am - West Placer — Sacramento, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Xylenes

A group of industrial solvents found in gasoline and paint.

Long-term exposure above the federal limit can damage the nervous system.

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People also ask

+Is there Xylenes in Cal Am - West Placer — Sacramento, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Cal Am - West Placer — Sacramento, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Xylenes at Not detected mg/L. Cal Am - West Placer — Sacramento, Ca, CA's 2023 Xylenes measurement is below the federal limit of 10 mg/L (MCL).

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

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

+What is Xylenes?

A group of industrial solvents found in gasoline and paint. Long-term exposure above the federal limit can damage the nervous system.

+Where does this Xylenes measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Xylenes entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Cal Am - West Placer — Sacramento, 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-west-placer-sacramento-ca/2023/source.

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