Metals · 2023

Boron in Irvine, CA tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.1× the limit

Irvine, CA's 2023 Boron measurement is below the federal limit of 1 mg/L (NL).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
Local Treated Groundwater
0.15 mg/L
Average
Local Treated Surface Water
0.14 mg/L
Average
Imported MWD Treated Water
0.13 mg/L
Range
System-wide
0–0.24 mg/L

Verbatim from Irvine, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Boron

A naturally occurring element from rock and soil.

No enforceable federal limit; the EPA has issued a health advisory level.

How Irvine, CA compares

5 of the 57 systems measuring Boron on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Boron:

People also ask

+Is there Boron in Irvine, CA tap water?

Yes — Irvine, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Boron at 0.15 mg/L. Irvine, CA's 2023 Boron measurement is below the federal limit of 1 mg/L (NL).

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

The federal NL for Boron 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 Boron?

A naturally occurring element from rock and soil. No enforceable federal limit; the EPA has issued a health advisory level.

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

5 of the 57 systems on The Water Map measuring Boron report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Oxnard, CA, Burbank, CA, Inglewood, CA.

+Where does this Boron measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Boron entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Irvine, 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/irvine/2023/source.

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