Inorganic chemicals · 2021

Dichloroacetic acid in City of Seal Beach — Seal Beach, Ca, CA tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.1× the limit

City of Seal Beach — Seal Beach, Ca, CA's 2021 Dichloroacetic acid measurement is below the federal limit of 0 ug/L (MCLG).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
System-wide
1.2–8.8 ug/L
Average
Average Amount
4.8 ug/L

Verbatim from City of Seal Beach — Seal Beach, Ca, CA's 2021 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Dichloroacetic acid

A haloacetic acid disinfection byproduct.

One of the five haloacetic acids regulated together as HAA5 for cancer risk.

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People also ask

+Is there Dichloroacetic acid in City of Seal Beach — Seal Beach, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — City of Seal Beach — Seal Beach, Ca, CA's 2021 Consumer Confidence Report lists Dichloroacetic acid at 4.8 ug/L. City of Seal Beach — Seal Beach, Ca, CA's 2021 Dichloroacetic acid measurement is below the federal limit of 0 ug/L (MCLG).

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

The federal MCLG for Dichloroacetic acid is 0 ug/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Dichloroacetic acid?

A haloacetic acid disinfection byproduct. One of the five haloacetic acids regulated together as HAA5 for cancer risk.

+Where does this Dichloroacetic acid measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Dichloroacetic acid entry from the 2021 Consumer Confidence Report published by the City of Seal Beach — Seal Beach, 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/seal-beach-seal-beach-ca/2021/source.

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