About organic fluorine compounds
Update date: July 14, 2023
About organic fluorine compounds in tap water
The presence of organic fluorine compounds in tap water has been reported in some newspapers and other media.
Regarding organic fluorine compounds in tap water, they were designated as a "water quality management target setting item" on April 1, 2020, with the provisional target value being "50 ng/L or less for the combined amount of PFOS and PFOA."
Inagi City's tap water is currently supplied by purified water from the Higashimurayama Water Purification Plant.
The Higashimurayama Water Purification Plant is managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which regularly tests for organic fluorine compounds.
Test results to date show that the levels are significantly below the national provisional water quality management target value (50 nanograms per liter for PFOS and PFOA combined, where nano is one part per billion), and are not posing a risk to health.
In addition, in Inagi City, all water supply operations have been transferred to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government as of April 1, 2012.
Please refer to the links below for information on the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Waterworks Bureau's initiatives and water quality test results.
"About organic fluorine compounds in tap water"
"Q&A regarding organic fluorine compounds"
"Information about your home's tap water from the drainage system"
Note: The presence of PFOS and PFOA in the environment in well water is being investigated in Tokyo.
You can check it from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Environment homepage linked below.
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Environment website
About organic fluorine compounds (PFOS and PFOA)
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has opened a telephone consultation desk regarding organic fluorine compounds (PFOS/PFOA).
For more information, please contact the "PFAS Telephone Consultation Desk" below.
Home page of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Health and Medical Care
[Contact information]
Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Waterworks Tama Customer Center landline: 0570-091-100 (Navi dial)
From a mobile phone, call 042-548-5110 or the number above.
Telephone consultation desk regarding PFAS
TEL: 03-5989-1772
Reception hours: Monday to Friday (excluding national holidays and year-end and New Year holidays) 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Inquiries regarding this page
Inagi City Urban Environment Development Department Living Environment Division
2111 Higashi-Naganuma, Inagi City
Phone: 042-378-2111 Fax: 042-377-4781