Metals · 2022

Selenium in Antelope Valley East Kern Water Agency — Palmdale, Ca, CA tap water

Not detected

Antelope Valley East Kern Water Agency — Palmdale, Ca, CA's 2022 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Selenium and reported no detectable amount.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
Acton Plant Effluent (CWR)
Not detected ug/L
Average
Quartz Hill Plant Effluent (CWR)
Not detected ug/L
Average
Raw Influent (State Water Project)
Not detected ug/L
Range
Water Bank Wells
Not detected ug/L
Average
Water Bank Wells
Not detected ug/L
Average
Eastside Plant Effluent (CWR)
Not detected ug/L

Verbatim from Antelope Valley East Kern Water Agency — Palmdale, Ca, CA's 2022 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 Antelope Valley East Kern Water Agency — Palmdale, Ca, CA compares

2 of the 257 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 Antelope Valley East Kern Water Agency — Palmdale, Ca, CA tap water?

Antelope Valley East Kern Water Agency — Palmdale, Ca, CA's 2022 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Selenium and found no detectable amount.

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

The EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for Selenium. Utilities still report any measured levels in their annual Consumer Confidence Report.

+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?

2 of the 257 systems on The Water Map measuring Selenium report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include City of Gustine — Gustine, Ca, CA, Mendota, City of — Mendota, Ca, CA.

+Where does this Selenium measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Selenium entry from the 2022 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Antelope Valley East Kern Water Agency — Palmdale, Ca, CA 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/ca/antelope-valley-east-kern-water-agency-palmdale-ca/2022/source.

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