Disinfection byproducts · 2024

Bromodichloroacetic acid in Kansas City, KS tap water

Over the federal limit· 9.7× the limit

Kansas City, KS's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Bromodichloroacetic acid at or above the federal limit (0.5 ug/L MCL). Measured value is 9.7× the threshold.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
Range Detected
0.68–6 ug/L
Average
System-wide
4.86 ug/L

Verbatim from Kansas City, KS's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Bromodichloroacetic acid

A brominated haloacetic acid disinfection byproduct.

Part of the broader HAA9 group; monitored but without its own enforceable federal limit.

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People also ask

+Is there Bromodichloroacetic acid in Kansas City, KS tap water?

Yes — Kansas City, KS's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Bromodichloroacetic acid at 4.86 ug/L. Kansas City, KS's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Bromodichloroacetic acid at or above the federal limit (0.5 ug/L MCL). Measured value is 9.7× the threshold.

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

The federal MCL for Bromodichloroacetic acid is 0.5 ug/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Bromodichloroacetic acid?

A brominated haloacetic acid disinfection byproduct. Part of the broader HAA9 group; monitored but without its own enforceable federal limit.

+Where does this Bromodichloroacetic acid measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Bromodichloroacetic acid entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Kansas City, KS 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/ks/kansas-city/2024/source.

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