Disinfection byproducts · 2022

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

Detected — no federal limit

Elsinore Valley MWD — Lake Elsinore, Ca, CA's 2022 report shows Chlorate detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Reported level
Elsinore Groundwater Blend
0–430 ug/L
Reported level
Auld Valley Pipeline Blend
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Temescal Groundwater Blend
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Temescal Valley Pipeline Blend
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Elsinore Groundwater Blend
357 ug/L
Reported level
Temescal Valley Pipeline Blend
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Temescal Groundwater Blend
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Auld Valley Pipeline Blend
Not detected ug/L

Verbatim from Elsinore Valley MWD — Lake Elsinore, Ca, CA's 2022 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Chlorate

A byproduct that can form during disinfection, especially when hypochlorite solutions degrade.

Has no enforceable federal limit but is on the EPA contaminant candidate list; high levels can affect the thyroid.

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People also ask

+Is there Chlorate in Elsinore Valley MWD — Lake Elsinore, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Elsinore Valley MWD — Lake Elsinore, Ca, CA's 2022 Consumer Confidence Report lists Chlorate at 0–430 ug/L. Elsinore Valley MWD — Lake Elsinore, Ca, CA's 2022 report shows Chlorate detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

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

The federal NL for Chlorate is 800 ug/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Chlorate?

A byproduct that can form during disinfection, especially when hypochlorite solutions degrade. Has no enforceable federal limit but is on the EPA contaminant candidate list; high levels can affect the thyroid.

+Where does this Chlorate measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Chlorate 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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