PFAS ("forever chemicals") · 2023

Perfluorohexanoic acid in Santa Fe Springs - City, Water Dept. — Santa Fe Springs, Ca, CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

Santa Fe Springs - City, Water Dept. — Santa Fe Springs, Ca, CA's 2023 report shows Perfluorohexanoic acid detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
MWD Surface Water
Not detected ng/L
Average
Sfswua Groundwater
Not detected ng/L
Range
MWD Surface Water
Not detected ng/L
Range
Sfswua Groundwater
0–3.3 ng/L

Verbatim from Santa Fe Springs - City, Water Dept. — Santa Fe Springs, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Perfluorohexanoic acid

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

Monitored under EPA rules; persistent and widely detected.

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People also ask

+Is there Perfluorohexanoic acid in Santa Fe Springs - City, Water Dept. — Santa Fe Springs, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Santa Fe Springs - City, Water Dept. — Santa Fe Springs, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Perfluorohexanoic acid at Not detected ng/L. Santa Fe Springs - City, Water Dept. — Santa Fe Springs, Ca, CA's 2023 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 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Santa Fe Springs - City, Water Dept. — Santa Fe Springs, 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/santa-fe-springs-city-water-dept-santa-fe-springs-ca/2023/source.

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