PFAS ("forever chemicals") · 2024

Perfluorohexanoic acid in Santa Clarita, CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

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

The measurement

StatisticValue
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
Minimum
Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency
Not detected ng/L
Maximum
Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency
14 ng/L

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

About Perfluorohexanoic acid

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

Monitored under EPA rules; persistent and widely detected.

How Santa Clarita, CA compares

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People also ask

+Is there Perfluorohexanoic acid in Santa Clarita, CA tap water?

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

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

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

+What is Perfluorohexanoic acid?

Perfluorohexanoic acid, a shorter-chain PFAS 'forever chemical.' Monitored under EPA rules; persistent and widely detected.

+Where does this Perfluorohexanoic acid measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Perfluorohexanoic acid 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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