Metals · 2024
Selenium in Birmingham, AL tap water
Birmingham, AL's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Selenium at or above the federal limit (0.05 MCL). Measured value is 40.0× the threshold.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Maximum System-wide | Not detected | 0.05 MCL |
Maximum System-wide | Not detected | 0.05 MCL |
Maximum System-wide | Not detected | 0.05 MCL |
Maximum System-wide | 2 | 0.05 MCL |
Verbatim from Birmingham, AL's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Selenium
A trace element from natural deposits and industrial discharge.
Essential in tiny amounts, but long-term exposure above the federal limit can cause hair and fingernail loss and circulatory problems.
How Birmingham, AL compares
1 of the 100 systems measuring Selenium on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Selenium:
People also ask
+Is there Selenium in Birmingham, AL tap water?
Yes — Birmingham, AL's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Selenium at 2. Birmingham, AL's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Selenium at or above the federal limit (0.05 MCL). Measured value is 40.0× the threshold.
+What's the federal limit for Selenium in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Selenium is 0.05 . The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Selenium?
A trace element from natural deposits and industrial discharge. Essential in tiny amounts, but long-term exposure above the federal limit can cause hair and fingernail loss and circulatory problems.
+Which other U.S. cities have Selenium over the federal limit?
1 of the 100 systems on The Water Map measuring Selenium report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Mcallen, TX.
+Where does this Selenium measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Selenium 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.