Inorganic chemicals · 2024

Dichloroacetic acid in Fort Worth, TX tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.1× the limit

Fort Worth, TX's 2024 Dichloroacetic acid measurement is below the federal limit of 0 ug/L (Public health goal).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
System-wide
4.04 ug/L
Range
Range of Detects
1 ug/L

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

About Dichloroacetic acid

A haloacetic acid disinfection byproduct.

One of the five haloacetic acids regulated together as HAA5 for cancer risk.

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People also ask

+Is there Dichloroacetic acid in Fort Worth, TX tap water?

Yes — Fort Worth, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Dichloroacetic acid at 4.04 ug/L. Fort Worth, TX's 2024 Dichloroacetic acid measurement is below the federal limit of 0 ug/L (Public health goal).

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

The federal Public health goal for Dichloroacetic acid is 0 ug/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Dichloroacetic acid?

A haloacetic acid disinfection byproduct. One of the five haloacetic acids regulated together as HAA5 for cancer risk.

+Where does this Dichloroacetic acid measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Dichloroacetic acid 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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