Physical & aggregate · 2025
Total Dissolved Solids in Huntington Beach, CA tap water
Huntington Beach, CA's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report shows Total Dissolved Solids at or above the federal limit (1 mg/L MCL). Measured value is 545.0× the threshold.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Average MWD Surface Water | 545 mg/L | 1 mg/L MCL |
Average Local Groundwater | 304 mg/L | 1 mg/L MCL |
Range System-wide | 190–625 mg/L | 1 mg/L MCL |
Verbatim from Huntington Beach, CA's 2025 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 Huntington Beach, 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 Huntington Beach, CA tap water?
Yes — Huntington Beach, CA's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report lists Total Dissolved Solids at 545 mg/L. Huntington Beach, CA's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report shows Total Dissolved Solids at or above the federal limit (1 mg/L MCL). Measured value is 545.0× the threshold.
+What's the federal limit for Total Dissolved Solids in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Total Dissolved Solids is 1 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 2025 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Huntington Beach, 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/huntington-beach/2025/source.