Inorganic chemicals · 2023

Trichloroacetic acid in Montecito Water Dist — Santa Barbara, Ca, CA tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.3× the limit

Montecito Water Dist — Santa Barbara, Ca, CA's 2023 Trichloroacetic acid measurement is below the federal limit of 60 ug/L (MCL).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
Jameson Lake
18.41 ug/L
Range
Jameson Lake
10.75–26 ug/L
Average
Cachuma Lake
4.2 ug/L
Range
Cachuma Lake
0–12 ug/L

Verbatim from Montecito Water Dist — Santa Barbara, Ca, 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 Montecito Water Dist — Santa Barbara, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Montecito Water Dist — Santa Barbara, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Trichloroacetic acid at 18.41 ug/L. Montecito Water Dist — Santa Barbara, Ca, CA's 2023 Trichloroacetic acid measurement is below the federal limit of 60 ug/L (MCL).

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

The federal MCL for Trichloroacetic 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 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 Montecito Water Dist — Santa Barbara, 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/montecito-water-dist-santa-barbara-ca/2023/source.

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