Inorganic chemicals · 2020

Dichloroacetic acid in Lomita-city, Water Dept. — Lomita, Ca, CA tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.0× the limit

Lomita-city, Water Dept. — Lomita, Ca, CA's 2020 Dichloroacetic acid measurement is below the federal limit of 60 ug/L (MCL).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
City of Lomita Groundwater & Distribution
1.9–3.4 ug/L
Average
City of Lomita Groundwater & Distribution
2.9 ug/L

Verbatim from Lomita-city, Water Dept. — Lomita, Ca, CA's 2020 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Dichloroacetic acid

A haloacetic acid disinfection byproduct.

One of the five haloacetic acids regulated together as HAA5 for cancer risk.

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People also ask

+Is there Dichloroacetic acid in Lomita-city, Water Dept. — Lomita, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Lomita-city, Water Dept. — Lomita, Ca, CA's 2020 Consumer Confidence Report lists Dichloroacetic acid at 2.9 ug/L. Lomita-city, Water Dept. — Lomita, Ca, CA's 2020 Dichloroacetic acid measurement is below the federal limit of 60 ug/L (MCL).

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

The federal MCL for Dichloroacetic acid is 60 ug/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Dichloroacetic acid?

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

+Where does this Dichloroacetic acid measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Dichloroacetic acid entry from the 2020 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Lomita-city, Water Dept. — Lomita, 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/lomita-city-water-dept-lomita-ca/2020/source.

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