PFAS ("forever chemicals") · 2024

Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid in Georgetown, TX tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.2× the limit

Georgetown, TX's 2024 Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid measurement is below the federal limit of 10 ng/L (MCL).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
System-wide
1.9 ng/L
Maximum
System-wide
4.7 ng/L
Minimum
System-wide
0 ng/L

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

About Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid

Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid, a PFAS 'forever chemical.'

Regulated by the EPA at 10 parts per trillion and included in the PFAS Hazard Index.

How Georgetown, TX compares

5 of the 128 systems measuring Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid:

People also ask

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

Yes — Georgetown, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid at 1.9 ng/L. Georgetown, TX's 2024 Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid measurement is below the federal limit of 10 ng/L (MCL).

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

The federal MCL for Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid is 10 ng/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid?

Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid, a PFAS 'forever chemical.' Regulated by the EPA at 10 parts per trillion and included in the PFAS Hazard Index.

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

5 of the 128 systems on The Water Map measuring Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include New Braunfels, TX, Burbank, CA, Chula Vista Sweetwater, CA.

+Where does this Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Perfluorohexanesulfonic 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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