Inorganic chemicals · 2023

Trichloroacetic acid in Irvine Ranch Water District, CA tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.1× the limit

Irvine Ranch Water District, CA's 2023 Trichloroacetic acid measurement is below the federal limit of 20 ug/L (Public health goal).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
Local and Imported
1.3 ug/L
Range
System-wide
0–10 ug/L

Verbatim from Irvine Ranch Water District, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Trichloroacetic acid

A haloacetic acid disinfection byproduct.

One of the five haloacetic acids regulated together as HAA5.

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People also ask

+Is there Trichloroacetic acid in Irvine Ranch Water District, CA tap water?

Yes — Irvine Ranch Water District, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Trichloroacetic acid at 1.3 ug/L. Irvine Ranch Water District, CA's 2023 Trichloroacetic acid measurement is below the federal limit of 20 ug/L (Public health goal).

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

The federal Public health goal for Trichloroacetic acid is 20 ug/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Trichloroacetic acid?

A haloacetic acid disinfection byproduct. One of the five haloacetic acids regulated together as HAA5.

+Where does this Trichloroacetic acid measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Trichloroacetic acid entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Irvine Ranch Water District, 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/irvine-ranch-water-district/2023/source.

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