VOCs & pesticides · 2024
Xylenes in Torrance-city, Water Dept., CA tap water
Torrance-city, Water Dept., CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Xylenes and reported no detectable amount.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Highest single sample Entry point | Not detected UG/L | 1750 UG/L MCL |
Highest single sample Source water | Not detected UG/L | 1750 UG/L MCL |
Verbatim from Torrance-city, Water Dept., CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Xylenes
A group of industrial solvents found in gasoline and paint.
Long-term exposure above the federal limit can damage the nervous system.
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People also ask
+Is there Xylenes in Torrance-city, Water Dept., CA tap water?
Torrance-city, Water Dept., CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Xylenes and found no detectable amount.
+What's the federal limit for Xylenes in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Xylenes is 1750 UG/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Xylenes?
A group of industrial solvents found in gasoline and paint. Long-term exposure above the federal limit can damage the nervous system.
+Where does this Xylenes measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Xylenes entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Torrance-city, Water Dept., 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/torrance-city-water-dept/2024/source.