Physical & aggregate · 2023

Turbidity in Lakeside Wd — Lakeside, Ca, CA tap water

Approaching the federal limit· 0.9× the limit

Lakeside Wd — Lakeside, Ca, CA's 2023 Turbidity level is between 80% and 100% of the federal limit (1 NTU MCL) — measured but not in violation.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Reported level
Skinner Plant
0.07 NTU
Reported level
Helix Plant
0.09 NTU
Reported level
Lakeside Wells
0.31 NTU
Reported level
Helix Plant
0.03–0.9 NTU
Reported level
Skinner Plant
Not detected NTU
Reported level
Helix Plant
0.01–0.13 NTU
Reported level
Skinner Plant
Not detected NTU
Reported level
Lakeside Wells
0.02–0.5 NTU
Reported level
Lakeside Wells
0.27 NTU

Verbatim from Lakeside Wd — Lakeside, Ca, CA's 2023 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 Lakeside Wd — Lakeside, Ca, CA compares

5 of the 661 systems measuring Turbidity on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Turbidity:

People also ask

+Is there Turbidity in Lakeside Wd — Lakeside, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Lakeside Wd — Lakeside, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Turbidity at 0.03–0.9 NTU. Lakeside Wd — Lakeside, Ca, CA's 2023 Turbidity level is between 80% and 100% of the federal limit (1 NTU MCL) — measured but not in violation.

+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 661 systems on The Water Map measuring Turbidity report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include East Niles Csd — Bakersfield, Ca, CA, Temescal Valley Water District — Temescal Valley, Ca, CA, Cedar Rapids, IA.

+Where does this Turbidity measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Turbidity entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Lakeside Wd — Lakeside, 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/lakeside-wd-lakeside-ca/2023/source.

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