Physical & aggregate · 2024
Specific Conductance in El Cajon, CA tap water
El Cajon, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Specific Conductance at or above the federal limit (1 MCL). Measured value is 800.0× the threshold.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Average Purchased Water | 723 | 1 MCL |
Maximum Purchased Water | 917 | 1 MCL |
Maximum Helix Plant | 830 | 1 MCL |
Average Helix Plant | 800 | 1 MCL |
Minimum Helix Plant | 760 | 1 MCL |
Minimum Purchased Water | 242 | 1 MCL |
Verbatim from El Cajon, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Specific Conductance
A measure of how well water conducts electricity, which tracks dissolved mineral content.
Not federally regulated for health; used as a proxy for total dissolved solids.
How El Cajon, CA compares
5 of the 88 systems measuring Specific Conductance on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Specific Conductance:
People also ask
+Is there Specific Conductance in El Cajon, CA tap water?
Yes — El Cajon, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Specific Conductance at 800. El Cajon, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Specific Conductance at or above the federal limit (1 MCL). Measured value is 800.0× the threshold.
+What's the federal limit for Specific Conductance in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Specific Conductance is 1 . The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Specific Conductance?
A measure of how well water conducts electricity, which tracks dissolved mineral content. Not federally regulated for health; used as a proxy for total dissolved solids.
+Which other U.S. cities have Specific Conductance over the federal limit?
5 of the 88 systems on The Water Map measuring Specific Conductance report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Ventura, CA, Torrance, CA, Irvine, CA.
+Where does this Specific Conductance measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Specific Conductance entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the El Cajon, 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/el-cajon/2024/source.