PFAS ("forever chemicals") · 2024

Perfluoropentanoic acid in Albuquerque, NM tap water

Not detected

Albuquerque, NM's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Perfluoropentanoic acid and reported no detectable amount.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
System-wide
Not detected ng/L
Range
System-wide
Not detected ng/L

Verbatim from Albuquerque, NM'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.

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People also ask

+Is there Perfluoropentanoic acid in Albuquerque, NM tap water?

Albuquerque, NM's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Perfluoropentanoic acid and found no detectable amount.

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

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

+What is Perfluoropentanoic acid?

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

+Where does this Perfluoropentanoic acid measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Perfluoropentanoic acid entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Albuquerque, NM 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/nm/albuquerque/2024/source.

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