PFAS ("forever chemicals") · 2024
PFBA in Mckinney, TX tap water
Mckinney, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows PFBA at or above the federal limit (0.005 ug/L MCL). Measured value is 1.3× the threshold.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Highest single sample System-wide | 0.00636 ug/L | 0.005 ug/L MCL |
Range System-wide | 0.00636–0.00636 ug/L | 0.005 ug/L MCL |
Average System-wide | 0.00636 ug/L | 0.005 ug/L MCL |
Verbatim from Mckinney, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About PFBA
Perfluorobutanoic acid, a shorter-chain PFAS 'forever chemical.'
Monitored under EPA rules; persistent in the environment and the human body.
How Mckinney, TX compares
5 of the 137 systems measuring PFBA on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting PFBA:
People also ask
+Is there PFBA in Mckinney, TX tap water?
Yes — Mckinney, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists PFBA at 0.00636 ug/L. Mckinney, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows PFBA at or above the federal limit (0.005 ug/L MCL). Measured value is 1.3× the threshold.
+What's the federal limit for PFBA in drinking water?
The federal MCL for PFBA is 0.005 ug/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is PFBA?
Perfluorobutanoic acid, a shorter-chain PFAS 'forever chemical.' Monitored under EPA rules; persistent in the environment and the human body.
+Which other U.S. cities have PFBA over the federal limit?
5 of the 137 systems on The Water Map measuring PFBA report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include New Braunfels, TX, Burbank, CA, City of Hampton, VA.
+Where does this PFBA measurement come from?
This page reproduces the PFBA entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Mckinney, 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/mckinney/2024/source.