Inorganic chemicals · 2024

Dichloroacetic acid in Georgetown, TX tap water

Detected — no federal limit

Georgetown, TX's 2024 report shows Dichloroacetic acid detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Maximum
System-wide
15 ug/L
Average
System-wide
7.3 ug/L
Minimum
System-wide
1.8 ug/L

Verbatim from Georgetown, 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.

How Georgetown, TX compares

1 of the 24 systems measuring Dichloroacetic acid on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Dichloroacetic acid:

People also ask

+Is there Dichloroacetic acid in Georgetown, TX tap water?

Yes — Georgetown, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Dichloroacetic acid at 7.3 ug/L. Georgetown, TX's 2024 report shows Dichloroacetic acid detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

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

The federal MCLG 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.

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

1 of the 24 systems on The Water Map measuring Dichloroacetic acid report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Kansas City, KS.

+Where does this Dichloroacetic acid measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Dichloroacetic acid entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Georgetown, 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/georgetown/2024/source.

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