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Nitrate Nitrite in City of Fountain Valley, CA tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.1× the limit

City of Fountain Valley, CA's 2021 Nitrate Nitrite measurement is below the federal limit of 10 mg/L (MCL).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
Local Groundwater
1.1 mg/L
Range
Source water
0.71–1.5 mg/L

Verbatim from City of Fountain Valley, CA's 2021 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

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People also ask

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

Yes — City of Fountain Valley, CA's 2021 Consumer Confidence Report lists Nitrate Nitrite at 1.1 mg/L. City of Fountain Valley, CA's 2021 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.

+Where does this Nitrate Nitrite measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Nitrate Nitrite entry from the 2021 Consumer Confidence Report published by the City of Fountain Valley, 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/2021/source.

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