Microbial · 2022

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

Detected — no federal limit

Antelope Valley East Kern Water Agency — Palmdale, Ca, CA's 2022 report shows Total Coliform detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
System Results
0–0.5
Average
System Results
0
Range
System Results
0
Average
System Results
0
Reported level
Sampling Frequency
152–193
Reported level
Sampling Frequency
152–193

Verbatim from Antelope Valley East Kern Water Agency — Palmdale, Ca, CA's 2022 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Total Coliform

A group of bacteria used as an indicator of overall water-system sanitation.

Coliforms themselves are usually harmless, but their presence signals that disease-causing organisms could enter the system.

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People also ask

+Is there Total Coliform in Antelope Valley East Kern Water Agency — Palmdale, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Antelope Valley East Kern Water Agency — Palmdale, Ca, CA's 2022 Consumer Confidence Report lists Total Coliform at 0. Antelope Valley East Kern Water Agency — Palmdale, Ca, CA's 2022 report shows Total Coliform detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

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

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

+What is Total Coliform?

A group of bacteria used as an indicator of overall water-system sanitation. Coliforms themselves are usually harmless, but their presence signals that disease-causing organisms could enter the system.

+Where does this Total Coliform measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Total Coliform 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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