VOCs & pesticides · 2022

Tetrachloroethylene in Lukins Brothers Water Company — South Lake Tahoe, Ca, CA tap water

Over the federal limit· 14.2× the limit

Lukins Brothers Water Company — South Lake Tahoe, Ca, CA's 2022 Consumer Confidence Report shows Tetrachloroethylene at or above the federal limit (5 ug/L MCL). Measured value is 14.2× the threshold.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
System-wide
0–71 ug/L
Reported level
System-wide
53.5 ug/L

Verbatim from Lukins Brothers Water Company — South Lake Tahoe, Ca, CA's 2022 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.

How Lukins Brothers Water Company — South Lake Tahoe, Ca, CA compares

3 of the 131 systems measuring Tetrachloroethylene on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Tetrachloroethylene:

People also ask

+Is there Tetrachloroethylene in Lukins Brothers Water Company — South Lake Tahoe, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Lukins Brothers Water Company — South Lake Tahoe, Ca, CA's 2022 Consumer Confidence Report lists Tetrachloroethylene at 0–71 ug/L. Lukins Brothers Water Company — South Lake Tahoe, Ca, CA's 2022 Consumer Confidence Report shows Tetrachloroethylene at or above the federal limit (5 ug/L MCL). Measured value is 14.2× the threshold.

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

The federal MCL for Tetrachloroethylene is 5 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.

+Which other U.S. cities have Tetrachloroethylene over the federal limit?

3 of the 131 systems on The Water Map measuring Tetrachloroethylene report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include California Domestic Water Company — Whittier, Ca, CA, California Domestic Water Company — Whittier, Ca, CA, San Joaquin County-mokelumne Acres — Stockton, Ca, CA.

+Where does this Tetrachloroethylene measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Tetrachloroethylene entry from the 2022 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Lukins Brothers Water Company — South Lake Tahoe, 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/lukins-brothers-water-company-south-lake-tahoe-ca/2022/source.

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