PFAS ("forever chemicals") · 2024

PFBA in Santa Clarita, CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

Santa Clarita, CA's 2024 report shows PFBA detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Minimum
Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency
Not detected ng/L
Maximum
Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency
13 ng/L
Average
Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency
Not detected ng/L
Minimum
Los Angeles County Waterworks District #36
Not detected ng/L
Maximum
Los Angeles County Waterworks District #36
Not detected ng/L
Average
Los Angeles County Waterworks District #36
Not detected ng/L

Verbatim from Santa Clarita, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About PFBA

Perfluorobutanoic acid, a shorter-chain PFAS 'forever chemical.'

Monitored under EPA rules; persistent in the environment and the human body.

How Santa Clarita, CA compares

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People also ask

+Is there PFBA in Santa Clarita, CA tap water?

Yes — Santa Clarita, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists PFBA at Not detected ng/L. Santa Clarita, CA's 2024 report shows PFBA detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

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

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

+What is PFBA?

Perfluorobutanoic acid, a shorter-chain PFAS 'forever chemical.' Monitored under EPA rules; persistent in the environment and the human body.

+Where does this PFBA measurement come from?

This page reproduces the PFBA entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Santa Clarita, 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/santa-clarita/2024/source.

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