Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Hexadecanoic acid

City of Oyster Creek

Hexadecanoic acid, also called palmitic acid, is a naturally occurring fatty acid found in animal and plant lipids.

 

12

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20182.60 ppb112.60 ppb
20193.45 ppb223.10 ppb - 3.80 ppb
20203.90 ppb113.90 ppb
20216.10 ppb223.10 ppb - 9.10 ppb
202214.5 ppb4411.0 ppb - 22.0 ppb
20234.10 ppb223.70 ppb - 4.50 ppb

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-12-12AE487302.60 ppb
2019-03-07AE576863.10 ppb
2019-07-09AE737733.80 ppb
2020-08-24AF249553.90 ppb
2021-06-30AF602369.10 ppb
2021-08-24AF679823.10 ppb
2022-03-09AF8850411.0 ppb
2022-04-26AF9466911.0 ppb
2022-09-08AG1223822.0 ppb
2022-12-27AG2288214.0 ppb
2023-05-15AG405944.50 ppb
2023-11-17AG642373.70 ppb