PFAS ("forever chemicals") · 2025

PFBA in Golden State Water Company - Los Osos, CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

Golden State Water Company - Los Osos, 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
Not detected NG/L
Average
Source water
1.0769230769230769 NG/L
Highest single sample
Source water
2 NG/L

Verbatim from Golden State Water Company - Los Osos, 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 Golden State Water Company - Los Osos, 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 Golden State Water Company - Los Osos, CA tap water?

Yes — Golden State Water Company - Los Osos, CA's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report lists PFBA at 1.0769230769230769 NG/L. Golden State Water Company - Los Osos, 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 Golden State Water Company - Los Osos, 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/golden-state-water-company-los-osos/2025/source.

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