Inorganic chemicals · 2021

Fluoride in Cerritos - City, Water Dept. — Cerritos, Ca, CA tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.2× the limit

Cerritos - City, Water Dept. — Cerritos, Ca, CA's 2021 Fluoride measurement is below the federal limit of 4 mg/L (MCL).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
MWD'S SURFACE WATER Jensen Plant
0.7 mg/L
Average
MWD'S SURFACE WATER Weymouth Plant
0.7 mg/L
Average
Groundwater
0.28 mg/L
Range
MWD'S SURFACE WATER Diemer Plant
0.7–0.8 mg/L
Range
MWD'S SURFACE WATER Weymouth Plant
0.6–0.8 mg/L
Range
Groundwater
0.27–0.3 mg/L
Range
MWD'S SURFACE WATER Jensen Plant
0.4–0.8 mg/L
Average
MWD'S SURFACE WATER Diemer Plant
0.7 mg/L

Verbatim from Cerritos - City, Water Dept. — Cerritos, Ca, CA's 2021 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 Cerritos - City, Water Dept. — Cerritos, Ca, CA compares

5 of the 1248 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 Cerritos - City, Water Dept. — Cerritos, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Cerritos - City, Water Dept. — Cerritos, Ca, CA's 2021 Consumer Confidence Report lists Fluoride at 0.7 mg/L. Cerritos - City, Water Dept. — Cerritos, Ca, CA's 2021 Fluoride measurement is below the federal limit of 4 mg/L (MCL).

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

The federal MCL for Fluoride 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 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?

5 of the 1248 systems on The Water Map measuring Fluoride report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Lake Elizabeth Mutual Water Co. — Elizabeth Lake, Ca, CA, Mcfarland, City of — Mcfarland, Ca, CA, Yonkers, NY.

+Where does this Fluoride measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Fluoride entry from the 2021 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Cerritos - City, Water Dept. — Cerritos, 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/cerritos-city-water-dept-cerritos-ca/2021/source.

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