Physical & aggregate · 2022

TOC in El Segundo-city, Water Dept. — El Segundo, Ca, CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

El Segundo-city, Water Dept. — El Segundo, Ca, CA's 2022 report shows TOC detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Reported level
Diemer Plant
2.4 mg/L
Reported level
Skinner Plant
2.6 mg/L
Reported level
Jensen Plant
1.4–2.6 mg/L
Reported level
Diemer Plant
2.1–3 mg/L
Reported level
Mills Plant
2.2 mg/L
Reported level
Weymouth Plant
2.4 mg/L
Reported level
Mills Plant
1.8–2.7 mg/L
Reported level
Skinner Plant
2.3–3 mg/L
Reported level
Weymouth Plant
1.8–3 mg/L
Reported level
Jensen Plant
2.1 mg/L

Verbatim from El Segundo-city, Water Dept. — El Segundo, Ca, CA's 2022 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About TOC

Total organic carbon — a measure of organic material dissolved in the water.

Not harmful itself, but it is the raw material that forms disinfection byproducts; removal is a treatment requirement.

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People also ask

+Is there TOC in El Segundo-city, Water Dept. — El Segundo, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — El Segundo-city, Water Dept. — El Segundo, Ca, CA's 2022 Consumer Confidence Report lists TOC at 2.1–3 mg/L. El Segundo-city, Water Dept. — El Segundo, Ca, CA's 2022 report shows TOC detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

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

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

+What is TOC?

Total organic carbon — a measure of organic material dissolved in the water. Not harmful itself, but it is the raw material that forms disinfection byproducts; removal is a treatment requirement.

+Where does this TOC measurement come from?

This page reproduces the TOC entry from the 2022 Consumer Confidence Report published by the El Segundo-city, Water Dept. — El Segundo, 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/el-segundo-city-water-dept-el-segundo-ca/2022/source.

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