Metals · 2023

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

Within the federal limit· 0.1× the limit

Hawthorne-city Water Dept. — San Jose, Ca, CA's 2023 Barium measurement is below the federal limit.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
Jensen Plant
Not detected ug/L
Range
Weymouth Plant
124 ug/L
Average
Skinner Plant
Not detected ug/L
Average
Weymouth Plant
124 ug/L
Range
Diemer Plant
124 ug/L
Range
Skinner Plant
Not detected ug/L
Range
Mills Plant
Not detected ug/L
Average
Jensen Plant
Not detected ug/L
Average
Mills Plant
Not detected ug/L
Average
Diemer Plant
124 ug/L

Verbatim from Hawthorne-city Water Dept. — San Jose, Ca, CA's 2023 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 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Barium at 124 ug/L. Hawthorne-city Water Dept. — San Jose, Ca, CA's 2023 Barium measurement is below the federal limit.

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

The EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for Barium. Utilities still report any measured levels in their annual Consumer Confidence Report.

+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 2023 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/2023/source.

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