Inorganic chemicals · 2024

Fluoride in City of Brentwood, CA tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.2× the limit

City of Brentwood, CA's 2024 Fluoride measurement is below the federal limit of 1 mg/L (MCLG).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
Range Detected
0.7–0.9 mg/L
Average
System-wide
0.8 mg/L
Range
Range Detected
0.6–0.9 mg/L
Range
Range Detected
0.7–0.9 mg/L
Range
Range Detected
0.6–0.9 mg/L
Range
Range Detected
0.6–0.8 mg/L
Average
System-wide
0.7 mg/L
Range
Range Detected
0.7–0.8 mg/L
Range
Range Detected
0.6–0.8 mg/L
Range
Range Detected
0.7–0.8 mg/L
Range
Range Detected
0.5–0.8 mg/L
Average
System-wide
0.7 mg/L
Range
Range Detected
0.5–0.8 mg/L
Average
System-wide
0.8 mg/L

Verbatim from City of Brentwood, CA'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 City of Brentwood, CA compares

1 of the 246 CA 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 City of Brentwood, CA tap water?

Yes — City of Brentwood, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Fluoride at 0.8 mg/L. City of Brentwood, CA's 2024 Fluoride measurement is below the federal limit of 1 mg/L (MCLG).

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

The federal MCLG for Fluoride is 1 mg/L. 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?

1 of the 246 CA systems on The Water Map measuring Fluoride report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include San Bernardino Valley Wd — San Bernardino, Ca, CA.

+Where does this Fluoride measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Fluoride entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the City of Brentwood, 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/brentwood/2024/source.

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