PFAS ("forever chemicals") · 2025
Perfluorohexanoic acid in City of Newport News, VA tap water
City of Newport News, VA's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report shows Perfluorohexanoic acid at or above the federal limit (2 ng/L MCL). Measured value is 1.8× the threshold.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Maximum System-wide | 3.5 ng/L | 2 ng/L MCL |
Range System-wide | 0–3.5 ng/L | 2 ng/L MCL |
Verbatim from City of Newport News, VA's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Perfluorohexanoic acid
Perfluorohexanoic acid, a shorter-chain PFAS 'forever chemical.'
Monitored under EPA rules; persistent and widely detected.
How City of Newport News, VA compares
5 of the 134 systems measuring Perfluorohexanoic acid on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Perfluorohexanoic acid:
People also ask
+Is there Perfluorohexanoic acid in City of Newport News, VA tap water?
Yes — City of Newport News, VA's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report lists Perfluorohexanoic acid at 3.5 ng/L. City of Newport News, VA's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report shows Perfluorohexanoic acid at or above the federal limit (2 ng/L MCL). Measured value is 1.8× the threshold.
+What's the federal limit for Perfluorohexanoic acid in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Perfluorohexanoic acid is 2 ng/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Perfluorohexanoic acid?
Perfluorohexanoic acid, a shorter-chain PFAS 'forever chemical.' Monitored under EPA rules; persistent and widely detected.
+Which other U.S. cities have Perfluorohexanoic acid over the federal limit?
5 of the 134 systems on The Water Map measuring Perfluorohexanoic acid report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include New Braunfels, TX, Burbank, CA, Pomona, CA.
+Where does this Perfluorohexanoic acid measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Perfluorohexanoic acid entry from the 2025 Consumer Confidence Report published by the City of Newport News, VA 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/va/newport-news/2025/source.