PFAS ("forever chemicals") · 2024

Perfluoropentanoic acid in Santa Clarita, CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

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

The measurement

StatisticValue
Maximum
Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency
23 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
Minimum
Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency
Not detected ng/L

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

About Perfluoropentanoic acid

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

Monitored under EPA rules; persistent in the environment.

How Santa Clarita, CA compares

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People also ask

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

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

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

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

+What is Perfluoropentanoic acid?

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

+Where does this Perfluoropentanoic acid measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Perfluoropentanoic 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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