Inorganic chemicals · 2024
Nitrate in Covina-city, Water Dept., CA tap water
Covina-city, Water Dept., CA's 2024 Nitrate measurement is below the federal limit of 10 mg/L (MCL).
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Range System-wide | 0–4.2 mg/L | 10 mg/L MCL |
Average Average Amount | 2 mg/L | 10 mg/L MCL |
Range System-wide | 0–0.5 mg/L | 10 mg/L MCL |
Average Average Amount | 2 mg/L | 10 mg/L MCL |
Average Average Amount | 1.6 mg/L | 10 mg/L MCL |
Range System-wide | 0–0.5 mg/L | 10 mg/L MCL |
Verbatim from Covina-city, Water Dept., CA's 2024 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 Covina-city, Water Dept., CA compares
5 of the 328 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 Covina-city, Water Dept., CA tap water?
Yes — Covina-city, Water Dept., CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Nitrate at 2 mg/L. Covina-city, Water Dept., CA's 2024 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 328 systems on The Water Map measuring Nitrate report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Pittsburgh, PA, Albuquerque, NM, City of Hialeah, FL.
+Where does this Nitrate measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Nitrate 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.