Physical & aggregate · 2022

Turbidity in City of Brea — Brea, Ca, CA tap water

Within the federal limit

City of Brea — Brea, Ca, CA's 2022 Turbidity measurement is below the federal limit of 0.3 NTU (Treatment technique).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Reported level
Metropolitan Water District Diemer Filtration Plant
0.08 NTU
Average
Average Amount
Not detected NTU
Range
System-wide
0–0.46 NTU

Verbatim from City of Brea — Brea, Ca, CA's 2022 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Turbidity

A measure of cloudiness from suspended particles in the water.

High turbidity can shelter microbes from disinfection; the EPA enforces it through a treatment-technique standard.

How City of Brea — Brea, Ca, CA compares

5 of the 661 systems measuring Turbidity on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Turbidity:

People also ask

+Is there Turbidity in City of Brea — Brea, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — City of Brea — Brea, Ca, CA's 2022 Consumer Confidence Report lists Turbidity at Not detected NTU. City of Brea — Brea, Ca, CA's 2022 Turbidity measurement is below the federal limit of 0.3 NTU (Treatment technique).

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

The federal Treatment technique for Turbidity is 0.3 NTU. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Turbidity?

A measure of cloudiness from suspended particles in the water. High turbidity can shelter microbes from disinfection; the EPA enforces it through a treatment-technique standard.

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

5 of the 661 systems on The Water Map measuring Turbidity report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include East Niles Csd — Bakersfield, Ca, CA, Temescal Valley Water District — Temescal Valley, Ca, CA, Cedar Rapids, IA.

+Where does this Turbidity measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Turbidity entry from the 2022 Consumer Confidence Report published by the City of Brea — Brea, 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/brea-brea-ca/2022/source.

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