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.

The measurement

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

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

The EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for Trichloroacetic acid. Utilities still report any measured levels in their annual Consumer Confidence Report.

+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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