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Nitrate Nitrite in City of Fountain Valley — Fountain Valley, Ca, CA tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.1× the limit

City of Fountain Valley — Fountain Valley, Ca, CA's 2022 Nitrate Nitrite measurement is below the federal limit of 10 mg/L (MCL).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
System-wide
0.8–1.8 mg/L
Average
Average Amount
1.3 mg/L

Verbatim from City of Fountain Valley — Fountain Valley, Ca, CA's 2022 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

How City of Fountain Valley — Fountain Valley, Ca, CA compares

1 of the 161 systems measuring Nitrate Nitrite on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Nitrate Nitrite:

People also ask

+Is there Nitrate Nitrite in City of Fountain Valley — Fountain Valley, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — City of Fountain Valley — Fountain Valley, Ca, CA's 2022 Consumer Confidence Report lists Nitrate Nitrite at 1.3 mg/L. City of Fountain Valley — Fountain Valley, Ca, CA's 2022 Nitrate Nitrite measurement is below the federal limit of 10 mg/L (MCL).

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

The federal MCL for Nitrate Nitrite is 10 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

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

1 of the 161 systems on The Water Map measuring Nitrate Nitrite report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include La Canada Irrigation Dist. — La Canada, Ca, CA.

+Where does this Nitrate Nitrite measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Nitrate Nitrite entry from the 2022 Consumer Confidence Report published by the City of Fountain Valley — Fountain Valley, 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/fountain-valley-fountain-valley-ca/2022/source.

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