Inorganic chemicals · 2024
Trichloroacetic acid in Kansas City, KS tap water
Kansas City, KS's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Trichloroacetic acid at or above the federal limit (0.5 ug/L MCL). Measured value is 16.5× the threshold.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Range Range Detected | 2–14 ug/L | 0.5 ug/L MCL |
Average System-wide | 8.23 ug/L | 0.5 ug/L MCL |
Verbatim from Kansas City, KS's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Trichloroacetic acid
A haloacetic acid disinfection byproduct.
One of the five haloacetic acids regulated together as HAA5.
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People also ask
+Is there Trichloroacetic acid in Kansas City, KS tap water?
Yes — Kansas City, KS's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Trichloroacetic acid at 8.23 ug/L. Kansas City, KS's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Trichloroacetic acid at or above the federal limit (0.5 ug/L MCL). Measured value is 16.5× the threshold.
+What's the federal limit for Trichloroacetic acid in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Trichloroacetic 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 Trichloroacetic acid?
A haloacetic acid disinfection byproduct. One of the five haloacetic acids regulated together as HAA5.
+Where does this Trichloroacetic acid measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Trichloroacetic 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.