VOCs & pesticides · 2020

Trichloroethylene in Rowland Water District — Rowland Heights, Ca, CA tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.3× the limit

Rowland Water District — Rowland Heights, Ca, CA's 2020 Trichloroethylene measurement is below the federal limit of 5 ug/L (MCL).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Reported level
Imported Groundwater (CDWC)
0.7 ug/L
Reported level
Groundwater Miramar (TVMWD)
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Imported Surface Water Miramar (TVMWD)
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Imported Groundwater (CDWC)
0–1.5 ug/L
Reported level
Imported Surface Water Weymouth (MWD)
Not detected ug/L

Verbatim from Rowland Water District — Rowland Heights, Ca, CA's 2020 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Trichloroethylene

An industrial solvent (TCE) used in metal degreasing.

A known human carcinogen; long-term exposure above the federal limit can damage the liver.

How Rowland Water District — Rowland Heights, Ca, CA compares

4 of the 117 systems measuring Trichloroethylene on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Trichloroethylene:

People also ask

+Is there Trichloroethylene in Rowland Water District — Rowland Heights, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Rowland Water District — Rowland Heights, Ca, CA's 2020 Consumer Confidence Report lists Trichloroethylene at 0–1.5 ug/L. Rowland Water District — Rowland Heights, Ca, CA's 2020 Trichloroethylene measurement is below the federal limit of 5 ug/L (MCL).

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

The federal MCL for Trichloroethylene 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 Trichloroethylene?

An industrial solvent (TCE) used in metal degreasing. A known human carcinogen; long-term exposure above the federal limit can damage the liver.

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

4 of the 117 systems on The Water Map measuring Trichloroethylene report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include California Domestic Water Company — Whittier, Ca, CA, California Domestic Water Company — Whittier, Ca, CA, La Verne, City Wd — La Verne, Ca, CA.

+Where does this Trichloroethylene measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Trichloroethylene entry from the 2020 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Rowland Water District — Rowland Heights, 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/rowland-water-district-rowland-heights-ca/2020/source.

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