VOCs & pesticides · 2021

Tetrachloroethylene in Valley View Mutual Water Co. — Baldwin Park, Ca, CA tap water

Within the federal limit

Valley View Mutual Water Co. — Baldwin Park, Ca, CA's 2021 Tetrachloroethylene measurement is below the federal limit of 5 ug/L (MCL).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
Source water
0–0.54 ug/L
Average
Source water
Not detected ug/L

Verbatim from Valley View Mutual Water Co. — Baldwin Park, Ca, CA's 2021 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Tetrachloroethylene

An industrial solvent (PCE) used in dry cleaning and degreasing.

A likely human carcinogen; long-term exposure above the federal limit can damage the liver and kidneys.

How Valley View Mutual Water Co. — Baldwin Park, Ca, CA compares

4 of the 131 systems measuring Tetrachloroethylene on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Tetrachloroethylene:

People also ask

+Is there Tetrachloroethylene in Valley View Mutual Water Co. — Baldwin Park, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Valley View Mutual Water Co. — Baldwin Park, Ca, CA's 2021 Consumer Confidence Report lists Tetrachloroethylene at Not detected ug/L. Valley View Mutual Water Co. — Baldwin Park, Ca, CA's 2021 Tetrachloroethylene measurement is below the federal limit of 5 ug/L (MCL).

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

The federal MCL for Tetrachloroethylene is 5 ug/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Tetrachloroethylene?

An industrial solvent (PCE) used in dry cleaning and degreasing. A likely human carcinogen; long-term exposure above the federal limit can damage the liver and kidneys.

+Which other U.S. cities have Tetrachloroethylene over the federal limit?

4 of the 131 systems on The Water Map measuring Tetrachloroethylene report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Lukins Brothers Water Company — South Lake Tahoe, Ca, CA, California Domestic Water Company — Whittier, Ca, CA, California Domestic Water Company — Whittier, Ca, CA.

+Where does this Tetrachloroethylene measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Tetrachloroethylene entry from the 2021 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Valley View Mutual Water Co. — Baldwin Park, 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/valley-view-mutual-water-co-baldwin-park-ca/2021/source.

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