Disinfectants · 2023

Chlorine in Cal-am Water Coronado — Imperial Beach, Ca, CA tap water

Approaching the federal limit· 0.9× the limit

Cal-am Water Coronado — Imperial Beach, Ca, CA's 2023 Chlorine level is between 80% and 100% of the federal limit (4 mg/L MRDLG) — measured but not in violation.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
City of San Diego's Distribution System
3.8 mg/L
Reported level
Coronado Distribution System
1.7 mg/L
Minimum
Coronado Distribution System
1.4 mg/L
Range
Coronado Distribution System
1.4 mg/L
Reported level
City of San Diego's Distribution System
1.73 mg/L

Verbatim from Cal-am Water Coronado — Imperial Beach, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Chlorine

A disinfectant added to drinking water to kill bacteria and viruses.

Effective and necessary, but high residual levels can cause taste and odor issues; the EPA caps the residual disinfectant level.

How Cal-am Water Coronado — Imperial Beach, Ca, CA compares

5 of the 690 systems measuring Chlorine on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Chlorine:

People also ask

+Is there Chlorine in Cal-am Water Coronado — Imperial Beach, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Cal-am Water Coronado — Imperial Beach, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Chlorine at 3.8 mg/L. Cal-am Water Coronado — Imperial Beach, Ca, CA's 2023 Chlorine level is between 80% and 100% of the federal limit (4 mg/L MRDLG) — measured but not in violation.

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

The federal MRDLG for Chlorine is 4 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Chlorine?

A disinfectant added to drinking water to kill bacteria and viruses. Effective and necessary, but high residual levels can cause taste and odor issues; the EPA caps the residual disinfectant level.

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

5 of the 690 systems on The Water Map measuring Chlorine report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Santa Fe I.d. — Rancho Santa Fe, Ca, CA, Glendora-city, Water Dept. — Glendora, Ca, CA, Chapel Hill Water System, MD.

+Where does this Chlorine measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Chlorine entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Cal-am Water Coronado — Imperial Beach, 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/cal-am-water-coronado-imperial-beach-ca/2023/source.

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