PFAS ("forever chemicals") · 2022

Perfluorohexanoic acid in Monrovia-city, Water Dept. — Monrovia, Ca, CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

Monrovia-city, Water Dept. — Monrovia, Ca, CA's 2022 report shows Perfluorohexanoic acid detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
System-wide
0–27 ng/L
Average
System-wide
14 ng/L

Verbatim from Monrovia-city, Water Dept. — Monrovia, Ca, CA's 2022 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 Monrovia-city, Water Dept. — Monrovia, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Monrovia-city, Water Dept. — Monrovia, Ca, CA's 2022 Consumer Confidence Report lists Perfluorohexanoic acid at 14 ng/L. Monrovia-city, Water Dept. — Monrovia, Ca, CA's 2022 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 federal NL for Perfluorohexanoic acid is 4 ng/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+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 2022 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Monrovia-city, Water Dept. — Monrovia, 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/monrovia-city-water-dept-monrovia-ca/2022/source.

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