PFAS ("forever chemicals") · 2025

PFBA in Eastern Municipal Wd, CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

Eastern Municipal Wd, CA's 2025 report shows PFBA detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Highest single sample
Entry point
34 NG/L
Average
Source water
5.410074626865672 NG/L
Average
Entry point
19.40608108108108 NG/L
Highest single sample
Source water
37 NG/L

Verbatim from Eastern Municipal Wd, 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 Eastern Municipal Wd, 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 Eastern Municipal Wd, CA tap water?

Yes — Eastern Municipal Wd, CA's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report lists PFBA at 19.40608108108108 NG/L. Eastern Municipal Wd, 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 Eastern Municipal Wd, 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/eastern-municipal-wd/2025/source.

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