Metals · 2024

Arsenic in Elk Grove, CA tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.6× the limit

Elk Grove, CA's 2024 Arsenic measurement is below the federal limit of 0.004 ug/L (Public health goal).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
EGWD Service Area 1 (Groundwater)
0–6.1 ug/L
Average
EGWD Service Area 1 (Groundwater)
5.6 ug/L
Range
EGWD Service Area 2 (SCWA Groundwater)
0–7.3 ug/L
Average
EGWD Service Area 2 (SCWA Groundwater)
Not detected ug/L
Range
EGWD Service Area 2 (SCWA Surface Water)
Not detected ug/L
Average
EGWD Service Area 2 (SCWA Surface Water)
Not detected ug/L

Verbatim from Elk Grove, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Arsenic

A naturally occurring element that also enters water from industry and agriculture.

A known human carcinogen; long-term exposure is linked to skin, bladder, and lung cancer.

How Elk Grove, CA compares

4 of the 173 CA systems measuring Arsenic on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Arsenic:

People also ask

+Is there Arsenic in Elk Grove, CA tap water?

Yes — Elk Grove, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Arsenic at 5.6 ug/L. Elk Grove, CA's 2024 Arsenic measurement is below the federal limit of 0.004 ug/L (Public health goal).

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

The federal Public health goal for Arsenic is 0.004 ug/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Arsenic?

A naturally occurring element that also enters water from industry and agriculture. A known human carcinogen; long-term exposure is linked to skin, bladder, and lung cancer.

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

4 of the 173 CA systems on The Water Map measuring Arsenic report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Templeton Csd — Templeton, Ca, CA, San Miguel Community Services District — San Miguel, Ca, CA, Tulare, City of — Tulare, Ca, CA.

+Where does this Arsenic measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Arsenic entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Elk Grove, 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/elk-grove/2024/source.

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