Yes — Newark, NJ's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Perfluorohexanoic acid at 2.2 ng/L. Newark, NJ's 2024 report shows Perfluorohexanoic acid detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

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

The EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for Perfluorohexanoic acid. Utilities still report any measured levels in their annual Consumer Confidence Report.

+What is Perfluorohexanoic acid?

Perfluorohexanoic acid, a shorter-chain PFAS 'forever chemical.' Monitored under EPA rules; persistent and widely detected.

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

5 of the 134 systems on The Water Map measuring Perfluorohexanoic acid report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include New Braunfels, TX, Burbank, CA, Pomona, CA.

+Where does this Perfluorohexanoic acid measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Perfluorohexanoic acid entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Newark, NJ 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/nj/newark/2024/source.

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