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Maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) are standards that are set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for drinking water quality. [1] [2] An MCL is the legal threshold limit on the amount of a substance that is allowed in public water systems under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA).
Only two states—Massachusetts and California—set legally binding maximum contaminant levels on the allowable amount of perchlorate in drinking water, at 2 ppb and 6 ppb respectively. [93] [95] EPA issued an "Interim Health Advisory" for perchlorate in 2009, while it continued to evaluate whether to issue regulatory standards. [94]
The drinking water standards are organized into six classes of contaminants: Microorganisms, Disinfectants, Disinfection Byproducts, Inorganic Chemicals, Organic Chemicals and Radionuclides. The standards specify either Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) or Treatment Techniques (enforceable procedures). [7]
Eight years after PFAS contamination shuttered wells in Horsham, Warminster and Warrington, EPA sets federal drinking water limits near non-detect.
The regulations include both mandatory requirements (Maximum Contaminant Levels, or MCLs; and Treatment Techniques) and nonenforceable health goals (Maximum Contaminant Level Goals, or MCLGs) for each included contaminant. [9] As of 2019 EPA has issued 88 standards for microorganisms, chemicals and radionuclides. [10]
Filtering manmade chemicals like GenX out of public water supplies could cost billions. Utilities say customers shouldn't have to shoulder the costs. ... (maximum contaminant levels), including as ...
"Residents were advised that drinking water with PFNA levels that exceeded the MCL [maximum contamination level] for ‘many years’ could result in liver, kidney, immune system, and other health ...
* means action level; not a concentration standard. A public water system exceeding the action level must implement "treatment techniques" which are enforceable procedures. [14] ** TT (treatment technique). The public water system must certify that the combination of dose and monomer level does not exceed: acrylamide = 0.05% dosed at 1 mg/L (or ...