PFAS
The City of St. Augustine is currently participating in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's fifth round of Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule testing, known as UCMR 5, which requires monitoring for 30 chemical contaminants, including 29 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and lithium.
Testing for these contaminants will be conducted in January and July 2023. Results for January testing are provided below. Results for July will be posted once available.
It is important to keep in mind that no health standards (for example, maximum contaminant levels) have been established at the present time for any of these unregulated contaminants.
UCMR 5 Sampling Results
| Minimum Reporting Level |
Results January 2023 (ND = not detected) |
|
|---|---|---|
| 11-chloroeicosafluoro-3-oxaundecane-1-sulfonic acid (11Cl-PF3OUdS) | 0.005 µg/L | ND |
| 9-chlorohexadecafluoro-3-oxanonane-1-sulfonic acid (9Cl-PF3ONS) | 0.002 µg/L | ND |
| 4,8-dioxa-3H-perfluorononanoic acid (ADONA) | 0.003 µg/L | ND |
| hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO DA) | 0.005 µg/L | ND |
| nonafluoro-3,6-dioxaheptanoic acid (NFDHA) | 0.02 µg/L | ND |
| perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA) | 0.005 µg/L | ND |
| perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS) | 0.003 µg/L | ND |
| 1H,1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorodecane sulfonic acid (8:2FTS) | 0.005 µg/L | ND |
| perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA) | 0.003 µg/L | ND |
| perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoA) | 0.003 µg/L | ND |
| perfluoro(2-ethoxyethane)sulfonic acid (PFEESA) | 0.003 µg/L | ND |
| perfluoroheptanesulfonic acid (PFHpS) | 0.003 µg/L | ND |
| perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA) | 0.003 µg/L | ND |
| 1H,1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (4:2FTS) | 0.003 µg/L | ND |
| perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS) | 0.003 µg/L | ND |
| perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA) | 0.003 µg/L | ND |
| perfluoro-3-methoxypropanoic acid (PFMPA) | 0.004 µg/L | ND |
| perfluoro-4-methoxybutanoic acid (PFMBA) | 0.003 µg/L | ND |
| perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) | 0.004 µg/L | ND |
| 1H,1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (6:2FTS) | 0.005 µg/L | ND |
| perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) | 0.004 µg/L | ND |
| perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) | 0.004 µg/L | ND |
| perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA) | 0.003 µg/L | ND |
| perfluoropentanesulfonic acid (PFPeS) | 0.004 µg/L | ND |
| perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnA) | 0.002 µg/L | ND |
| N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NEtFOSAA) | 0.005 µg/L | ND |
| N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NMeFOSAA) | 0.006 µg/L | ND |
| perfluorotetradecanoic acid (PFTA) | 0.008 µg/L | ND |
| perfluorotridecanoic acid (PFTrDA) | 0.007 µg/L | ND |
| lithium | 9 µg/L | ND |