VOCs & pesticides · 2024

Tetrachloroethylene in Fontana, CA tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.3× the limit

Fontana, CA's 2024 Tetrachloroethylene measurement is below the federal limit of 0.06 ug/L (Public health goal).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
System-wide
0.02 ug/L
Range
System-wide
0–1.2 ug/L

Verbatim from Fontana, CA's 2024 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.

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People also ask

+Is there Tetrachloroethylene in Fontana, CA tap water?

Yes — Fontana, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Tetrachloroethylene at 0.02 ug/L. Fontana, CA's 2024 Tetrachloroethylene measurement is below the federal limit of 0.06 ug/L (Public health goal).

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

The federal Public health goal for Tetrachloroethylene is 0.06 ug/L. 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.

+Where does this Tetrachloroethylene measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Tetrachloroethylene entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Fontana, 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/fontana/2024/source.

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