Disinfection byproducts · 2024

Chloroform in Fort Worth, TX tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.0× the limit

Fort Worth, TX's 2024 Chloroform measurement is below the federal limit of 70 ug/L (Public health goal).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
System-wide
3.3 ug/L
Range
Range of Detects
0 ug/L

Verbatim from Fort Worth, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Chloroform

A trihalomethane formed when chlorine reacts with organic matter in water.

A component of regulated total trihalomethanes; long-term exposure is linked to liver and kidney effects.

How Fort Worth, TX compares

1 of the 56 systems measuring Chloroform on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Chloroform:

People also ask

+Is there Chloroform in Fort Worth, TX tap water?

Yes — Fort Worth, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Chloroform at 3.3 ug/L. Fort Worth, TX's 2024 Chloroform measurement is below the federal limit of 70 ug/L (Public health goal).

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

The federal Public health goal for Chloroform is 70 ug/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Chloroform?

A trihalomethane formed when chlorine reacts with organic matter in water. A component of regulated total trihalomethanes; long-term exposure is linked to liver and kidney effects.

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

1 of the 56 systems on The Water Map measuring Chloroform report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Pomona, CA.

+Where does this Chloroform measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Chloroform entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Fort Worth, 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/fort-worth/2024/source.

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