Metals · 2022

Arsenic in Elsinore Valley MWD — Lake Elsinore, Ca, CA tap water

Approaching the federal limit· 0.9× the limit

Elsinore Valley MWD — Lake Elsinore, Ca, CA's 2022 Arsenic level is between 80% and 100% of the federal limit (10 ug/L MCL) — measured but not in violation.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Reported level
Elsinore Groundwater Blend
2.5–7.4 ug/L
Reported level
Temescal Valley Pipeline Blend
0–4 ug/L
Reported level
Auld Valley Pipeline Blend
0–9.1 ug/L
Reported level
Temescal Groundwater Blend
0–2.2 ug/L

Verbatim from Elsinore Valley MWD — Lake Elsinore, Ca, CA's 2022 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 Elsinore Valley MWD — Lake Elsinore, Ca, CA compares

4 of the 174 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 Elsinore Valley MWD — Lake Elsinore, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Elsinore Valley MWD — Lake Elsinore, Ca, CA's 2022 Consumer Confidence Report lists Arsenic at 0–9.1 ug/L. Elsinore Valley MWD — Lake Elsinore, Ca, CA's 2022 Arsenic level is between 80% and 100% of the federal limit (10 ug/L MCL) — measured but not in violation.

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

The federal MCL for Arsenic is 10 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 174 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 2022 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Elsinore Valley MWD — Lake Elsinore, 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/elsinore-valley-mwd-lake-elsinore-ca/2022/source.

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