Metals · 2024
Aluminum in Covina-city, Water Dept., CA tap water
Covina-city, Water Dept., CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Aluminum and reported no detectable amount.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Average Average Amount | Not detected mg/L | 1 mg/L MCL |
Average Average Amount | Not detected mg/L | 1 mg/L MCL |
Verbatim from Covina-city, Water Dept., CA's 2024 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.
How Covina-city, Water Dept., CA compares
5 of the 205 systems measuring Aluminum on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Aluminum:
People also ask
+Is there Aluminum in Covina-city, Water Dept., CA tap water?
Covina-city, Water Dept., CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Aluminum and found no detectable amount.
+What's the federal limit for Aluminum in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Aluminum is 1 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Aluminum?
A common element sometimes used as a treatment coagulant. Regulated only as a secondary (cosmetic) standard; high levels can discolor water.
+Which other U.S. cities have Aluminum over the federal limit?
5 of the 205 systems on The Water Map measuring Aluminum report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Salt Lake City, UT, Inglewood, CA, Chattanooga, TN.
+Where does this Aluminum measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Aluminum entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Covina-city, Water Dept., 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/covina-city-water-dept/2024/source.