Inorganic chemicals · 2023

Nitrate in Calif State Polytechnical Univ - Pomona — Pomona, Ca, CA tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.5× the limit

Calif State Polytechnical Univ - Pomona — Pomona, Ca, CA's 2023 Nitrate measurement is below the federal limit of 10 mg/L (MCL).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
CPP System
3.6–6.2 mg/L
Average
MWD Supply
Not detected mg/L
Range
MWD Supply
Not detected mg/L
Average
CPP System
4.97 mg/L

Verbatim from Calif State Polytechnical Univ - Pomona — Pomona, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Nitrate

A compound from fertilizer runoff, septic systems, and erosion of natural deposits.

Levels above the federal limit can cause 'blue baby syndrome,' a serious oxygen-transport condition in infants.

How Calif State Polytechnical Univ - Pomona — Pomona, Ca, CA compares

5 of the 1170 systems measuring Nitrate on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Nitrate:

People also ask

+Is there Nitrate in Calif State Polytechnical Univ - Pomona — Pomona, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Calif State Polytechnical Univ - Pomona — Pomona, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Nitrate at 4.97 mg/L. Calif State Polytechnical Univ - Pomona — Pomona, Ca, CA's 2023 Nitrate measurement is below the federal limit of 10 mg/L (MCL).

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

The federal MCL for Nitrate is 10 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Nitrate?

A compound from fertilizer runoff, septic systems, and erosion of natural deposits. Levels above the federal limit can cause 'blue baby syndrome,' a serious oxygen-transport condition in infants.

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

5 of the 1170 systems on The Water Map measuring Nitrate report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Morro Bay Pw Dept - Water Division — Morro Bay, Ca, CA, San Miguelito Mwc — Avila Beach, Ca, CA, Hilmar County Water District — Hilmar, Ca, CA.

+Where does this Nitrate measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Nitrate entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Calif State Polytechnical Univ - Pomona — Pomona, 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/calif-state-polytechnical-univ-pomona-pomona-ca/2023/source.

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