Metals · 2023

Barium in Foothill Municipal Water Dist. — La Canada Flintridge, Ca, CA tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.1× the limit

Foothill Municipal Water Dist. — La Canada Flintridge, Ca, CA's 2023 Barium measurement is below the federal limit of 2000 ug/L (MCL).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Reported level
Mills Plant
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Weymouth Plant
132 ug/L
Reported level
Lake Perris
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Lake Skinner
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Mills Plant
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Diemer Plant
132 ug/L
Reported level
Castaic Lake
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Jensen Plant
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Jensen Plant
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Diemer Plant
124 ug/L
Reported level
Skinner Plant
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Weymouth Plant
124 ug/L
Reported level
Silverwood Lake
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Skinner Plant
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Lake Havasu
143 ug/L
Reported level
Diemer Plant
132 ug/L
Reported level
Mills Plant
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Skinner Plant
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Lake Mathews
133 ug/L
Reported level
Jensen Plant
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Diamond Valley Lake
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Weymouth Plant
132 ug/L

Verbatim from Foothill Municipal Water Dist. — La Canada Flintridge, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Barium

A metal from erosion of natural deposits and industrial discharge.

Long-term exposure above the federal limit can raise blood pressure.

How Foothill Municipal Water Dist. — La Canada Flintridge, Ca, CA compares

5 of the 816 systems measuring Barium on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Barium:

People also ask

+Is there Barium in Foothill Municipal Water Dist. — La Canada Flintridge, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Foothill Municipal Water Dist. — La Canada Flintridge, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Barium at 143 ug/L. Foothill Municipal Water Dist. — La Canada Flintridge, Ca, CA's 2023 Barium measurement is below the federal limit of 2000 ug/L (MCL).

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

The federal MCL for Barium is 2000 ug/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Barium?

A metal from erosion of natural deposits and industrial discharge. Long-term exposure above the federal limit can raise blood pressure.

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

5 of the 816 systems on The Water Map measuring Barium report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Westmorland, City of — Westmorland, Ca, CA, Ramona Municipal Wd — Ramona, Ca, CA, Valley State Prison — Chowchilla, Ca, CA.

+Where does this Barium measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Barium entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Foothill Municipal Water Dist. — La Canada Flintridge, 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/foothill-municipal-water-dist-la-canada-flintridge-ca/2023/source.

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