PFAS ("forever chemicals") · 2022

PFBA in Yorba Linda Water District — Placentia, Ca, CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

Yorba Linda Water District — Placentia, Ca, CA's 2022 report shows PFBA detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
Average Amount
21 ng/L
Range
System-wide
21 ng/L
Range
System-wide
19–24 ng/L
Average
Average Amount
22 ng/L

Verbatim from Yorba Linda Water District — Placentia, Ca, CA's 2022 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About PFBA

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

Monitored under EPA rules; persistent in the environment and the human body.

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People also ask

+Is there PFBA in Yorba Linda Water District — Placentia, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Yorba Linda Water District — Placentia, Ca, CA's 2022 Consumer Confidence Report lists PFBA at 22 ng/L. Yorba Linda Water District — Placentia, Ca, CA's 2022 report shows PFBA detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

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

The EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for PFBA. Utilities still report any measured levels in their annual Consumer Confidence Report.

+What is PFBA?

Perfluorobutanoic acid, a shorter-chain PFAS 'forever chemical.' Monitored under EPA rules; persistent in the environment and the human body.

+Where does this PFBA measurement come from?

This page reproduces the PFBA entry from the 2022 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Yorba Linda Water District — Placentia, 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/yorba-linda-water-district-placentia-ca/2022/source.

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