Metals · 2024

Sodium in Covina-city, Water Dept., CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

Covina-city, Water Dept., CA's 2024 report shows Sodium detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
Average Amount
14.3 mg/L
Average
Average Amount
46 mg/L
Average
Average Amount
46 mg/L
Range
System-wide
9.8–17 mg/L

Verbatim from Covina-city, Water Dept., CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Sodium

A naturally occurring salt component.

Not federally regulated for health; relevant for people on sodium-restricted diets.

How Covina-city, Water Dept., CA compares

3 of the 250 systems measuring Sodium on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Sodium:

People also ask

+Is there Sodium in Covina-city, Water Dept., CA tap water?

Yes — Covina-city, Water Dept., CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Sodium at 46 mg/L. Covina-city, Water Dept., CA's 2024 report shows Sodium detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

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

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

+What is Sodium?

A naturally occurring salt component. Not federally regulated for health; relevant for people on sodium-restricted diets.

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

3 of the 250 systems on The Water Map measuring Sodium report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Cambridge, MA, Saint Paul, MN, Vancouver, WA.

+Where does this Sodium measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Sodium 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.

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