Metals · 2023

Aluminum in Commerce-city, Water Dept. — San Jose, Ca, CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

Commerce-city, Water Dept. — San Jose, Ca, CA's 2023 report shows Aluminum detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
Weymouth Plant
93 ug/L
Range
Skinner Plant
0–160 ug/L
Range
Jensen Plant
52–91 ug/L
Range
Mills Plant
0–110 ug/L
Average
Jensen Plant
62 ug/L
Average
Mills Plant
Not detected ug/L
Range
Weymouth Plant
0–150 ug/L
Range
Diemer Plant
0–110 ug/L
Average
Skinner Plant
74 ug/L
Average
Diemer Plant
Not detected ug/L

Verbatim from Commerce-city, Water Dept. — San Jose, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Aluminum

A common element sometimes used as a treatment coagulant.

Regulated only as a secondary (cosmetic) standard; high levels can discolor water.

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People also ask

+Is there Aluminum in Commerce-city, Water Dept. — San Jose, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Commerce-city, Water Dept. — San Jose, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Aluminum at 93 ug/L. Commerce-city, Water Dept. — San Jose, Ca, CA's 2023 report shows Aluminum detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

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

The EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for Aluminum. Utilities still report any measured levels in their annual Consumer Confidence Report.

+What is Aluminum?

A common element sometimes used as a treatment coagulant. Regulated only as a secondary (cosmetic) standard; high levels can discolor water.

+Where does this Aluminum measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Aluminum entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Commerce-city, Water Dept. — San Jose, 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/commerce-city-water-dept-san-jose-ca/2023/source.

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