Physical & aggregate · 2024

Turbidity in Ucmr5 — Hemet, City of (2024), CA tap water

Over the federal limit· 97.0× the limit

Ucmr5 — Hemet, City of (2024), CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Turbidity at or above the federal limit (1 NTU MCL). Measured value is 97.0× the threshold.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
East Valley Wells
Not detected NTU
Average
Hemet Filtration Plant
Not detected NTU
Reported level
East Valley
0–1 NTU
Reported level
Skinner
0–0.3 NTU
Reported level
North Perris
0–0.3 NTU
Average
Desalination Complex L
Not detected NTU
Average
Mills Filtration Plant
Not detected NTU
Range
North Perris Wells
0–0.3 NTU
Average
North Perris Wells
Not detected NTU
Average
Perris Filtration Plant
Not detected NTU
Average
Perris Valley Wells M
Not detected NTU
Average
Skinner Filtration Plant
Not detected NTU
Range
East Valley Wells
0–0.26 NTU
Range
Mills Filtration Plant
0.08 NTU
Range
Perris Filtration Plant
0.74 NTU
Average
Perris Filtration Plant
97 NTU
Range
Skinner Filtration Plant
0.07 NTU
Range
Hemet Filtration Plant
0.15 NTU
Reported level
EMWD's Entire Distribution System
0–0.4 NTU
Reported level
Mills
0–0.9 NTU

Verbatim from Ucmr5 — Hemet, City of (2024), CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Turbidity

A measure of cloudiness from suspended particles in the water.

High turbidity can shelter microbes from disinfection; the EPA enforces it through a treatment-technique standard.

How Ucmr5 — Hemet, City of (2024), CA compares

5 of the 104 CA systems measuring Turbidity on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

People also ask

+Is there Turbidity in Ucmr5 — Hemet, City of (2024), CA tap water?

Yes — Ucmr5 — Hemet, City of (2024), CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Turbidity at 97 NTU. Ucmr5 — Hemet, City of (2024), CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Turbidity at or above the federal limit (1 NTU MCL). Measured value is 97.0× the threshold.

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

The federal MCL for Turbidity is 1 NTU. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Turbidity?

A measure of cloudiness from suspended particles in the water. High turbidity can shelter microbes from disinfection; the EPA enforces it through a treatment-technique standard.

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

5 of the 104 CA systems on The Water Map measuring Turbidity report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include East Niles Csd — Bakersfield, Ca, CA, City of San Jacinto, CA, Moreno Valley, CA.

+Where does this Turbidity measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Turbidity entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Ucmr5 — Hemet, City of (2024), 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/ucmr5-hemet-2024/2024/source.

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