Other · 2023

Dehp in Houston, TX tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.0× the limit

Houston, TX's 2023 Dehp measurement is below the federal limit of 6 ug/L (MCL).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Minimum
System-wide
Not detected ug/L
Average
System-wide
0.3 ug/L
Maximum
System-wide
1.6 ug/L

Verbatim from Houston, TX's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

How Houston, TX compares

1 of the 5 TX systems measuring Dehp on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Dehp:

People also ask

+Is there Dehp in Houston, TX tap water?

Yes — Houston, TX's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Dehp at 0.3 ug/L. Houston, TX's 2023 Dehp measurement is below the federal limit of 6 ug/L (MCL).

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

The federal MCL for Dehp is 6 ug/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

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

1 of the 5 TX systems on The Water Map measuring Dehp report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Grand Prairie, TX.

+Where does this Dehp measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Dehp entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Houston, 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/houston/2023/source.

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