Inorganic chemicals · 2024

Fluoride in Birmingham, AL tap water

Over the federal limit· 9.3× the limit

Birmingham, AL's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Fluoride at or above the federal limit (4 MCL). Measured value is 9.3× the threshold.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Maximum
System-wide
0.65
Range
System-wide
0–0.65
Maximum
System-wide
0.65
Maximum
System-wide
Not detected
Maximum
System-wide
37
Maximum
System-wide
Not detected

Verbatim from Birmingham, AL's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Fluoride

A mineral often added to drinking water to help prevent tooth decay.

Beneficial at low levels, but long-term exposure above the federal limit can cause bone disease and tooth mottling.

How Birmingham, AL compares

5 of the 386 systems measuring Fluoride on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Fluoride:

People also ask

+Is there Fluoride in Birmingham, AL tap water?

Yes — Birmingham, AL's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Fluoride at 37. Birmingham, AL's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Fluoride at or above the federal limit (4 MCL). Measured value is 9.3× the threshold.

+What's the federal limit for Fluoride in drinking water?

The federal MCL for Fluoride is 4 . The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Fluoride?

A mineral often added to drinking water to help prevent tooth decay. Beneficial at low levels, but long-term exposure above the federal limit can cause bone disease and tooth mottling.

+Which other U.S. cities have Fluoride over the federal limit?

5 of the 386 systems on The Water Map measuring Fluoride report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include High Point, NC, Columbus, OH, Hollywood, FL.

+Where does this Fluoride measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Fluoride entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Birmingham, AL water utility — the annual drinking-water report every U.S. utility is required by federal law to publish. The original source document is archived at /water/al/birmingham/2024/source.

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