PFAS ("forever chemicals") · 2023

Perfluorohexanoic acid in City of Garden Grove — Garden Grove, Ca, CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

City of Garden Grove — Garden Grove, Ca, CA's 2023 report shows Perfluorohexanoic acid detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
System-wide
0–8.1 ng/L
Average
Average Amount
Not detected ng/L
Range
System-wide
0–5.4 ng/L
Average
Average Amount
Not detected ng/L

Verbatim from City of Garden Grove — Garden Grove, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Perfluorohexanoic acid

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

Monitored under EPA rules; persistent and widely detected.

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People also ask

+Is there Perfluorohexanoic acid in City of Garden Grove — Garden Grove, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — City of Garden Grove — Garden Grove, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Perfluorohexanoic acid at Not detected ng/L. City of Garden Grove — Garden Grove, Ca, CA's 2023 report shows Perfluorohexanoic acid detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

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

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

+What is Perfluorohexanoic acid?

Perfluorohexanoic acid, a shorter-chain PFAS 'forever chemical.' Monitored under EPA rules; persistent and widely detected.

+Where does this Perfluorohexanoic acid measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Perfluorohexanoic acid entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the City of Garden Grove — Garden Grove, 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/garden-grove-garden-grove-ca/2023/source.

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