Metals · 2020

Barium in Hawthorne-city Water Dept. — San Jose, Ca, CA tap water

Within the federal limit

Hawthorne-city Water Dept. — San Jose, Ca, CA's 2020 Barium measurement is below the federal limit of 2 mg/L (MCL).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
Groundwater
Not detected mg/L
Range
West Basin MWD
0–0.1 mg/L
Average
West Basin MWD
Not detected mg/L
Range
Groundwater
Not detected mg/L

Verbatim from Hawthorne-city Water Dept. — San Jose, Ca, CA's 2020 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Barium

A metal from erosion of natural deposits and industrial discharge.

Long-term exposure above the federal limit can raise blood pressure.

How Hawthorne-city Water Dept. — San Jose, Ca, CA compares

5 of the 816 systems measuring Barium on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Barium:

People also ask

+Is there Barium in Hawthorne-city Water Dept. — San Jose, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Hawthorne-city Water Dept. — San Jose, Ca, CA's 2020 Consumer Confidence Report lists Barium at Not detected mg/L. Hawthorne-city Water Dept. — San Jose, Ca, CA's 2020 Barium measurement is below the federal limit of 2 mg/L (MCL).

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

The federal MCL for Barium is 2 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Barium?

A metal from erosion of natural deposits and industrial discharge. Long-term exposure above the federal limit can raise blood pressure.

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

5 of the 816 systems on The Water Map measuring Barium report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Westmorland, City of — Westmorland, Ca, CA, Ramona Municipal Wd — Ramona, Ca, CA, Valley State Prison — Chowchilla, Ca, CA.

+Where does this Barium measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Barium entry from the 2020 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Hawthorne-city Water Dept. — San Jose, 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/hawthorne-city-water-dept-san-jose-ca/2020/source.

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