PFAS ("forever chemicals") · 2024

PFBA in New Braunfels, TX tap water

Over the federal limit· 198.4× the limit

New Braunfels, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows PFBA at or above the federal limit (10.2 MCL). Measured value is 198.4× the threshold.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
System-wide
10.2
Highest single sample
System-wide
2024

Verbatim from New Braunfels, 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 New Braunfels, 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 New Braunfels, TX tap water?

Yes — New Braunfels, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists PFBA at 2024. New Braunfels, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows PFBA at or above the federal limit (10.2 MCL). Measured value is 198.4× the threshold.

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

The federal MCL for PFBA is 10.2 . 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 Burbank, CA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Newport News, VA.

+Where does this PFBA measurement come from?

This page reproduces the PFBA entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the New Braunfels, 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/new-braunfels/2024/source.

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