PFAS ("forever chemicals") · 2023

Perfluorohexanoic acid in Western MWD - Murrieta Division, CA tap water

Not detected

Western MWD - Murrieta Division, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Perfluorohexanoic acid and reported no detectable amount.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Highest single sample
Source water
Not detected NG/L

Verbatim from Western MWD - Murrieta Division, 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.

How Western MWD - Murrieta Division, CA compares

5 of the 229 systems measuring Perfluorohexanoic acid on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Perfluorohexanoic acid:

People also ask

+Is there Perfluorohexanoic acid in Western MWD - Murrieta Division, CA tap water?

Western MWD - Murrieta Division, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Perfluorohexanoic acid and found no detectable amount.

+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.

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

5 of the 229 systems on The Water Map measuring Perfluorohexanoic acid report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Boonsboro Keedysville, MD, City of Poquoson, VA, Hampton, VA.

+Where does this Perfluorohexanoic acid measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Perfluorohexanoic acid entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Western MWD - Murrieta Division, 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/western-mwd-murrieta-division/2023/source.

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