Is there PFAS in Sacramento Suburban Water District water?
Yes, at low levels. 4 PFAS were detected, all below EPA's 2024 limits.
Sacramento Suburban Water District
Serves 194,444 people · 116 PFOA samples from 58 sampling points · May 2024 to Apr 2026
PFAS found, below EPA limits
PFOA Perfluorooctanoic acid
not detected
PFOS Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid
not detected
PFHxS Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid
5.8 ppt avg
Hazard index GenX, PFBS, PFNA, PFHxS combined
0.6 avg
Also detected, no federal limit: PFPeA, PFHxA, PFBS.
Sacramento Suburban Water District is a public water system drawing on surface water, based in Sacramento, California, serving about 194,444 people, including Carmichael, Citrus Heights, Fair Oaks, Mcclellan, North Highlands, Rio Linda. Under EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule it was tested for 29 PFAS and lithium 116 times across 58 sampling points between May 2024 and Apr 2026.
Every PFAS detected
Not detected: PFMPA, 8:2 FTS, PFMBA, 6:2 FTS, 4:2 FTS, PFEESA, NFDHA, PFPeS, PFHpS, PFTrDA, NEtFOSAA, PFBA, PFTA, PFDA, PFNA, PFHpA, NMeFOSAA, PFOA, HFPO-DA, PFDoA, PFUnA, 11Cl-PF3OUdS, 9Cl-PF3ONS, ADONA, PFOS.
Lithium, tested in the same program: highest 60 ppb, detected in 25 of 116 samples. EPA's health-based screening level is 10 ppb.
What the EPA limits mean here
In April 2024 EPA set enforceable limits of 4 ppt for PFOA and PFOS, 10 ppt each for PFHxS, PFNA and GenX, and a hazard index of 1 for mixtures. Utilities were given until 2029 to comply. In May 2026 EPA proposed keeping only the PFOA and PFOS limits and moving that deadline to 2031. Until that proposal is final, the 2024 limits stand.
Compliance is judged on a running annual average at each entry point, so we show the average at this system's worst sampling point next to its single highest result. UCMR 5 results do not by themselves put a utility in or out of compliance.
What you can do at home
Levels here are under EPA's limits, so no treatment is required. If you want them lower anyway, a certified reverse osmosis system under the sink handles drinking water, and a whole-house carbon filter also takes out the chlorine or chloramine your utility adds.
Other systems in California
All 707 tested systems in California
ZIP codes served
95608 95621 95628 95652 95660 95673 95815 95821 95825 95838 95841 95842 95843 95864
As reported by the utility to EPA. Neighbouring ZIPs are often split between systems; your water bill names yours.
Cite this page
Well & Tap. "PFAS in Sacramento Suburban Water District water: EPA UCMR 5 results." Data: U.S. EPA Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule, final release August 2026, PWSID CA3410001. https://wellandtap.com/pfas/california/sacramento-suburban-water-district/
About this data
Source: U.S. EPA, UCMR 5 occurrence data, final release August 2026 (PWSID CA3410001). Population: EPA SDWIS. Averages count results below the reporting level as zero, the same convention EPA uses for running annual averages. Full method.
