Inorganic chemicals · 2023

Sulfate in Escondido, City of, CA tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.3× the limit

Escondido, City of, CA's 2023 Sulfate measurement is below the federal limit of 500 MG/L (MCL).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
Entry point
155 MG/L
Highest single sample
Other
120 MG/L
Average
Source water
116.14285714285714 MG/L
Highest single sample
Entry point
180 MG/L
Average
Other
115 MG/L
Highest single sample
Source water
200 MG/L

Verbatim from Escondido, City of, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Sulfate

A naturally occurring mineral from rock and soil.

No health-based federal limit; high levels can have a laxative effect and a bitter taste.

How Escondido, City of, CA compares

5 of the 245 systems measuring Sulfate on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Sulfate:

People also ask

+Is there Sulfate in Escondido, City of, CA tap water?

Yes — Escondido, City of, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Sulfate at 155 MG/L. Escondido, City of, CA's 2023 Sulfate measurement is below the federal limit of 500 MG/L (MCL).

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

The federal MCL for Sulfate is 500 MG/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Sulfate?

A naturally occurring mineral from rock and soil. No health-based federal limit; high levels can have a laxative effect and a bitter taste.

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

5 of the 245 systems on The Water Map measuring Sulfate report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Lakewood, CO, Oxnard, CA, Oxnard Water Dept, CA.

+Where does this Sulfate measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Sulfate entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Escondido, City of, 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/escondido/2023/source.

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