Disinfection byproducts · 2023

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

Within the federal limit· 0.6× the limit

Commerce-city, Water Dept. — San Jose, Ca, CA's 2023 TTHM measurement is below the federal limit.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Running annual avg
Mills Plant
44 ug/L
Running annual avg
Diemer Plant
44 ug/L
Running annual avg
Weymouth Plant
32 ug/L
Running annual avg
Skinner Plant
34 ug/L
Range
Weymouth Plant
28–37 ug/L
Average
Annual Average
23 ug/L
Range
Mills Plant
14–29 ug/L
Range
Diemer Plant
24–30 ug/L
Range
Distribution System
12–48 ug/L
Running annual avg
Jensen Plant
21 ug/L
Range
System-wide
5.1–34 ug/L
Range
Jensen Plant
13–27 ug/L
Range
Skinner Plant
15–48 ug/L
Running annual avg
Distribution System Highest LRAA
45 ug/L

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

About TTHM

Total trihalomethanes — a group of four chemicals (including chloroform) formed when chlorine reacts with natural organic matter.

Long-term exposure above the federal limit is linked to liver, kidney, and central-nervous-system effects and increased cancer risk.

How Commerce-city, Water Dept. — San Jose, Ca, CA compares

5 of the 1176 systems measuring TTHM on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting TTHM:

People also ask

+Is there TTHM 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 TTHM at 45 ug/L. Commerce-city, Water Dept. — San Jose, Ca, CA's 2023 TTHM measurement is below the federal limit.

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

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

+What is TTHM?

Total trihalomethanes — a group of four chemicals (including chloroform) formed when chlorine reacts with natural organic matter. Long-term exposure above the federal limit is linked to liver, kidney, and central-nervous-system effects and increased cancer risk.

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

5 of the 1176 systems on The Water Map measuring TTHM report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Calexico, City of — Calexico, Ca, CA, White Fence Farms Mwc No.3 — Lancaster, Ca, CA, Greensboro, NC.

+Where does this TTHM measurement come from?

This page reproduces the TTHM 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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