PFAS ("forever chemicals") · 2024

PFBA in Corpus Christi, TX tap water

Detected — no federal limit

Corpus Christi, TX's 2024 report shows PFBA detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
System-wide
9.6 ng/L
Range
System-wide
7.3–11.5 ng/L

Verbatim from Corpus Christi, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About PFBA

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

Monitored under EPA rules; persistent in the environment and the human body.

How Corpus Christi, TX compares

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People also ask

+Is there PFBA in Corpus Christi, TX tap water?

Yes — Corpus Christi, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists PFBA at 9.6 ng/L. Corpus Christi, TX's 2024 report shows PFBA detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

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

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

+What is PFBA?

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

+Where does this PFBA measurement come from?

This page reproduces the PFBA entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Corpus Christi, 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/corpus-christi/2024/source.

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