Radionuclides · 2023

Combined Radium in Cwsc Los Altos Suburban — San Jose, Ca, CA tap water

Within the federal limit

Cwsc Los Altos Suburban — San Jose, Ca, CA's 2023 Combined Radium measurement is below the federal limit of 0.019 pCi/L (Public health goal).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
Groundwater
Not detected pCi/L
Range
Groundwater
0–1.8 pCi/L

Verbatim from Cwsc Los Altos Suburban — San Jose, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Combined Radium

Combined radium-226 and radium-228 — naturally occurring radioactive elements.

Long-term exposure above the federal limit increases the risk of bone cancer.

How Cwsc Los Altos Suburban — San Jose, Ca, CA compares

5 of the 464 systems measuring Combined Radium on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

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People also ask

+Is there Combined Radium in Cwsc Los Altos Suburban — San Jose, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Cwsc Los Altos Suburban — San Jose, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Combined Radium at Not detected pCi/L. Cwsc Los Altos Suburban — San Jose, Ca, CA's 2023 Combined Radium measurement is below the federal limit of 0.019 pCi/L (Public health goal).

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

The federal Public health goal for Combined Radium is 0.019 pCi/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Combined Radium?

Combined radium-226 and radium-228 — naturally occurring radioactive elements. Long-term exposure above the federal limit increases the risk of bone cancer.

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

5 of the 464 systems on The Water Map measuring Combined Radium report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Lynn, MA, Aurora, IL, Broad Creek, MD.

+Where does this Combined Radium measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Combined Radium entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Cwsc Los Altos Suburban — 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/cwsc-los-altos-suburban-san-jose-ca/2023/source.

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