VOCs & pesticides · 2024

Tetrachloroethylene in Pomona, CA tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.4× the limit

Pomona, CA's 2024 Tetrachloroethylene measurement is below the federal limit of 5 ug/L (MCL).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Reported level
Miramar Groundwater Well #1
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Pomona Groundwater
0–2 ug/L
Reported level
Miramar Groundwater Well #2
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Miramar Effluent
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Miramar Groundwater Grand Well
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Miramar Groundwater Miragrand Well
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Pomona Effluent
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Weymouth Effluent
Not detected ug/L

Verbatim from Pomona, CA's 2024 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 Pomona, CA compares

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People also ask

+Is there Tetrachloroethylene in Pomona, CA tap water?

Yes — Pomona, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Tetrachloroethylene at 0–2 ug/L. Pomona, CA's 2024 Tetrachloroethylene measurement is below the federal limit of 5 ug/L (MCL).

+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.

+Where does this Tetrachloroethylene measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Tetrachloroethylene entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Pomona, 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/pomona/2024/source.

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