Metals · 2024
Arsenic in Abilene, TX tap water
Abilene, TX's 2024 Arsenic measurement is below the federal limit of 10 ug/L (MCLG).
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Range System-wide | 0–1.1 ug/L | 10 ug/L MCLG |
Maximum System-wide | 1 ug/L | 10 ug/L MCLG |
Verbatim from Abilene, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Arsenic
A naturally occurring element that also enters water from industry and agriculture.
A known human carcinogen; long-term exposure is linked to skin, bladder, and lung cancer.
How Abilene, TX compares
5 of the 807 systems measuring Arsenic on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Arsenic:
People also ask
+Is there Arsenic in Abilene, TX tap water?
Yes — Abilene, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Arsenic at 0–1.1 ug/L. Abilene, TX's 2024 Arsenic measurement is below the federal limit of 10 ug/L (MCLG).
+What's the federal limit for Arsenic in drinking water?
The federal MCLG for Arsenic is 10 ug/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Arsenic?
A naturally occurring element that also enters water from industry and agriculture. A known human carcinogen; long-term exposure is linked to skin, bladder, and lung cancer.
+Which other U.S. cities have Arsenic over the federal limit?
5 of the 807 systems on The Water Map measuring Arsenic report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Pearland, TX, Mendota, City of — Mendota, Ca, CA, Rockford, IL.
+Where does this Arsenic measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Arsenic entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Abilene, TX 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/tx/abilene/2024/source.