Disinfection byproducts · 2024

Perchlorate in Brockton, MA tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.1× the limit

Brockton, MA's 2024 Perchlorate measurement is below the federal limit of 2 ug/L (MCL).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Reported level
System-wide
0.13 ug/L

Verbatim from Brockton, MA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Perchlorate

A chemical used in rocket fuel and fireworks that can also form during disinfection.

Can interfere with thyroid hormone production; has no national enforceable limit but is regulated in some states.

How Brockton, MA compares

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People also ask

+Is there Perchlorate in Brockton, MA tap water?

Yes — Brockton, MA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Perchlorate at 0.13 ug/L. Brockton, MA's 2024 Perchlorate measurement is below the federal limit of 2 ug/L (MCL).

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

The federal MCL for Perchlorate is 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 Perchlorate?

A chemical used in rocket fuel and fireworks that can also form during disinfection. Can interfere with thyroid hormone production; has no national enforceable limit but is regulated in some states.

+Where does this Perchlorate measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Perchlorate entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Brockton, MA 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/ma/brockton/2024/source.

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