Guam: public water systems and their UCMR 5 PFAS results

Every public water system EPA lists for the state, tested or not

UCMR 5EPA monitoring data
8Systems listed
5Sampled under UCMR 5
3With PFAS detected
1Highest result at or above a 2024 EPA limit

8 community and non-transient non-community water systems are listed for Guam in EPA SDWIS. 5 were sampled under UCMR 5; 3 of those had at least one PFAS result at or above the reporting level, and 1 had a highest single result at or above a 2024 EPA limit (PFOA or PFOS 4 ppt, or Hazard Index 1).

These are monitoring results collected under EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 5) at entry points, where treated water enters the distribution system; they are not tap-water samples. They are not compliance determinations: compliance with EPA's 2024 PFAS limits is judged on running annual averages of compliance monitoring, required from 2029, so a single UCMR 5 result at or above a limit is not a violation. “< MRL” means the compound was not quantified at EPA's minimum reporting level; it does not mean zero.

Sampled under UCMR 5 (5)

SystemPWSIDCityPopulationHighest PFOA (ppt)Highest PFOS (ppt)Highest HIHighest single result
Andersen Air Force Base Water SystemGU0000009Apo Ap7,700<MRL<MRL0.34Hazard Index below its limit
Gwa Central Water SystemGU0000003Mangilao8,828<MRL<MRL0No PFAS detected
Gwa Northern Water SystemGU0000006Mangilao139,20718.31358.005PFOS ≥ 3 × its limit
Gwa Southern Water SystemGU0000001Mangilao5,801<MRL<MRL0No PFAS detected
U.S. Navy Water SystemGU0000010Fpo Ap12,780<MRL<MRL0.34Hazard Index below its limit

Not tested under UCMR 5 (3)

UCMR 5 required monitoring by systems serving 3,300 or more people and by a representative sample of smaller systems. The systems below have no UCMR 5 results in EPA's data. Not tested is not the same as not detected: the absence of results says nothing about PFAS in their water.

SystemPWSIDTypeCityPopulationCounties
Guam International Airport AuthorityGU0000018NTNCWSTamuning138,336Guam
Guam Plaza Resort Water SystemGU0000015NTNCWSTumon1,095Guam
Guam Regional Medical CityGU0000019NTNCWSDededo1,100Guam