Physical & aggregate · 2024

Total Dissolved Solids in Glendale, CA tap water

Approaching the federal limit· 0.9× the limit

Glendale, CA's 2024 Total Dissolved Solids level is between 80% and 100% of the federal limit (1000 mg/L MCL) — measured but not in violation.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Reported level
MWD Weymouth Plant
632 mg/L
Reported level
MWD Jensen Plant
306 mg/L
Reported level
Glendale Water Treatment Plant
607 mg/L
Reported level
Glorietta Well 3
810 mg/L
Reported level
MWD Jensen Plant
306 mg/L
Reported level
Glorietta Well 3
810 mg/L
Reported level
Glorietta Well 6
865 mg/L
Reported level
Glendale Water Treatment Plant
607 mg/L
Reported level
Glorietta Well 6
865 mg/L
Reported level
MWD Weymouth Plant
632 mg/L

Verbatim from Glendale, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Total Dissolved Solids

Total dissolved solids — the combined content of all dissolved minerals and salts.

Regulated only as a secondary (cosmetic) standard; high levels affect taste and hardness.

How Glendale, CA compares

5 of the 119 systems measuring Total Dissolved Solids on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Total Dissolved Solids:

People also ask

+Is there Total Dissolved Solids in Glendale, CA tap water?

Yes — Glendale, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Total Dissolved Solids at 865 mg/L. Glendale, CA's 2024 Total Dissolved Solids level is between 80% and 100% of the federal limit (1000 mg/L MCL) — measured but not in violation.

+What's the federal limit for Total Dissolved Solids in drinking water?

The federal MCL for Total Dissolved Solids is 1000 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Total Dissolved Solids?

Total dissolved solids — the combined content of all dissolved minerals and salts. Regulated only as a secondary (cosmetic) standard; high levels affect taste and hardness.

+Which other U.S. cities have Total Dissolved Solids over the federal limit?

5 of the 119 systems on The Water Map measuring Total Dissolved Solids report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Ventura, CA, Torrance, CA, St George, UT.

+Where does this Total Dissolved Solids measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Total Dissolved Solids entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Glendale, 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/glendale/2024/source.

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