VOCs & pesticides · 2024

Xylenes in City of Poquoson, VA tap water

Not detected

City of Poquoson, VA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Xylenes and reported no detectable amount.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
System-wide
Not detected ug/L
Range
System-wide
Not detected ug/L
Maximum
Max Conc
Not detected ug/L
Average
System-wide
Not detected ug/L

Verbatim from City of Poquoson, VA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Xylenes

A group of industrial solvents found in gasoline and paint.

Long-term exposure above the federal limit can damage the nervous system.

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People also ask

+Is there Xylenes in City of Poquoson, VA tap water?

City of Poquoson, VA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Xylenes and found no detectable amount.

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

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

+What is Xylenes?

A group of industrial solvents found in gasoline and paint. Long-term exposure above the federal limit can damage the nervous system.

+Where does this Xylenes measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Xylenes entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the City of Poquoson, 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/poquoson/2024/source.

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