Inorganic chemicals · 2024

Dichloroacetic acid in Kansas City, KS tap water

Over the federal limit· 51.5× the limit

Kansas City, KS's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Dichloroacetic acid at or above the federal limit (0.2 ug/L MCL). Measured value is 51.5× the threshold.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
Range Detected
1.4–20 ug/L
Average
System-wide
10.31 ug/L

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

About Dichloroacetic acid

A haloacetic acid disinfection byproduct.

One of the five haloacetic acids regulated together as HAA5 for cancer risk.

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People also ask

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

Yes — Kansas City, KS's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Dichloroacetic acid at 10.31 ug/L. Kansas City, KS's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Dichloroacetic acid at or above the federal limit (0.2 ug/L MCL). Measured value is 51.5× the threshold.

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

The federal MCL for Dichloroacetic acid is 0.2 ug/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Dichloroacetic acid?

A haloacetic acid disinfection byproduct. One of the five haloacetic acids regulated together as HAA5 for cancer risk.

+Where does this Dichloroacetic acid measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Dichloroacetic 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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