Physical & aggregate · 2023
Turbidity in Foothill Municipal Water Dist. — La Canada Flintridge, Ca, CA tap water
Foothill Municipal Water Dist. — La Canada Flintridge, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report shows Turbidity at or above the federal limit (1 NTU MCL). Measured value is 16.0× the threshold.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Reported level Weymouth Effluent | 0.06 NTU | 1 NTU MCL |
Reported level Diemer Plant | 0.06 NTU | 1 NTU MCL |
Reported level Jensen Plant | 0.04 NTU | 1 NTU MCL |
Reported level Mills Plant | 0.08 NTU | 1 NTU MCL |
Reported level Skinner Plant | 0.07 NTU | 1 NTU MCL |
Reported level Weymouth Plant | 0.06 NTU | 1 NTU MCL |
Reported level Diemer Plant | 0.2–4.5 NTU | 1 NTU MCL |
Reported level Jensen Plant | 0.5–16 NTU | 1 NTU MCL |
Reported level Mills Plant | 0.5–6.1 NTU | 1 NTU MCL |
Reported level Skinner Plant | 0.7–3.2 NTU | 1 NTU MCL |
Reported level Weymouth Plant | 0.1–5.4 NTU | 1 NTU MCL |
Reported level Diemer Plant | 1 NTU | 1 NTU MCL |
Reported level Jensen Plant | 2 NTU | 1 NTU MCL |
Reported level Mills Plant | 1.1 NTU | 1 NTU MCL |
Reported level Skinner Plant | 1.4 NTU | 1 NTU MCL |
Reported level Weymouth Plant | 0.7 NTU | 1 NTU MCL |
Reported level Diamond Valley Lake | 0.4–0.8 NTU | 1 NTU MCL |
Reported level Lake Skinner | 1–2.2 NTU | 1 NTU MCL |
Reported level Lake Havasu | 0.6 NTU | 1 NTU MCL |
Reported level Lake Mathews | 0.6–1.3 NTU | 1 NTU MCL |
Reported level Castaic Lake | 1.2–2.4 NTU | 1 NTU MCL |
Reported level Lake Perris | 0.5–0.9 NTU | 1 NTU MCL |
Reported level Silverwood Lake | 1.3–1.6 NTU | 1 NTU MCL |
Reported level Diamond Valley Lake | 0.6 NTU | 1 NTU MCL |
Reported level Lake Skinner | 1.6 NTU | 1 NTU MCL |
Reported level Lake Mathews | 0.9 NTU | 1 NTU MCL |
Reported level Castaic Lake | 1.8 NTU | 1 NTU MCL |
Reported level Lake Perris | 0.7 NTU | 1 NTU MCL |
Reported level Silverwood Lake | 1.5 NTU | 1 NTU MCL |
Verbatim from Foothill Municipal Water Dist. — La Canada Flintridge, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Turbidity
A measure of cloudiness from suspended particles in the water.
High turbidity can shelter microbes from disinfection; the EPA enforces it through a treatment-technique standard.
How Foothill Municipal Water Dist. — La Canada Flintridge, Ca, CA compares
5 of the 103 CA systems measuring Turbidity on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Turbidity:
People also ask
+Is there Turbidity 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 Turbidity at 0.5–16 NTU. Foothill Municipal Water Dist. — La Canada Flintridge, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report shows Turbidity at or above the federal limit (1 NTU MCL). Measured value is 16.0× the threshold.
+What's the federal limit for Turbidity in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Turbidity is 1 NTU. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Turbidity?
A measure of cloudiness from suspended particles in the water. High turbidity can shelter microbes from disinfection; the EPA enforces it through a treatment-technique standard.
+Which other U.S. cities have Turbidity over the federal limit?
5 of the 103 CA systems on The Water Map measuring Turbidity report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include East Niles Csd — Bakersfield, Ca, CA, City of San Jacinto, CA, Moreno Valley, CA.
+Where does this Turbidity measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Turbidity 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.