Metals · 2024

Selenium in Golden State Water Company, CA tap water

Not detected

Golden State Water Company, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Selenium and reported no detectable amount.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Highest single sample
Source water
Not detected UG/L

Verbatim from Golden State Water Company, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Selenium

A trace element from natural deposits and industrial discharge.

Essential in tiny amounts, but long-term exposure above the federal limit can cause hair and fingernail loss and circulatory problems.

How Golden State Water Company, CA compares

5 of the 240 systems measuring Selenium on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Selenium:

People also ask

+Is there Selenium in Golden State Water Company, CA tap water?

Golden State Water Company, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Selenium and found no detectable amount.

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

The federal MCL for Selenium is 50 UG/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Selenium?

A trace element from natural deposits and industrial discharge. Essential in tiny amounts, but long-term exposure above the federal limit can cause hair and fingernail loss and circulatory problems.

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

5 of the 240 systems on The Water Map measuring Selenium report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Mcallen, TX, Birmingham, AL, Saticoy Country Club-city of Ventura, CA.

+Where does this Selenium measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Selenium entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Golden State Water Company, 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/golden-state-water-company/2024/source.

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