PFAS ("forever chemicals") · 2024

Perfluoropentanoic acid in Boonsboro Keedysville, MD tap water

Over the federal limit· 1.1× the limit

Boonsboro Keedysville, MD's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Perfluoropentanoic acid at or above the federal limit (3 ug/L MCL). Measured value is 1.1× the threshold.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Reported level
System-wide
0.0032 ug/L
Reported level
System-wide
3.2 ng/L
Reported level
Casrn
2706–3

Verbatim from Boonsboro Keedysville, MD's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Perfluoropentanoic acid

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

Monitored under EPA rules; persistent in the environment.

How Boonsboro Keedysville, MD compares

5 of the 123 systems measuring Perfluoropentanoic acid on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Perfluoropentanoic acid:

People also ask

+Is there Perfluoropentanoic acid in Boonsboro Keedysville, MD tap water?

Yes — Boonsboro Keedysville, MD's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Perfluoropentanoic acid at 3.2 ng/L. Boonsboro Keedysville, MD's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Perfluoropentanoic acid at or above the federal limit (3 ug/L MCL). Measured value is 1.1× the threshold.

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

The federal MCL for Perfluoropentanoic acid is 3 ug/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Perfluoropentanoic acid?

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

+Which other U.S. cities have Perfluoropentanoic acid over the federal limit?

5 of the 123 systems on The Water Map measuring Perfluoropentanoic acid report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include New Braunfels, TX, Burbank, CA, Tampa, FL.

+Where does this Perfluoropentanoic acid measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Perfluoropentanoic acid entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Boonsboro Keedysville, MD 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/md/boonsboro-keedysville/2024/source.

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