Metals · 2022
Barium in Landale Mutual Water Company — Lancaster, Ca, CA tap water
Landale Mutual Water Company — Lancaster, Ca, CA's 2022 Consumer Confidence Report shows Barium at or above the federal limit (2 mg/L MCL). Measured value is 5.7× the threshold.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Range System-wide | 0–11.3 mg/L | 2 mg/L MCL |
Reported level System-wide | 5.65 mg/L | 2 mg/L MCL |
Verbatim from Landale Mutual Water Company — Lancaster, Ca, CA's 2022 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 Landale Mutual Water Company — Lancaster, 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 Landale Mutual Water Company — Lancaster, Ca, CA tap water?
Yes — Landale Mutual Water Company — Lancaster, Ca, CA's 2022 Consumer Confidence Report lists Barium at 0–11.3 mg/L. Landale Mutual Water Company — Lancaster, Ca, CA's 2022 Consumer Confidence Report shows Barium at or above the federal limit (2 mg/L MCL). Measured value is 5.7× the threshold.
+What's the federal limit for Barium in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Barium is 2 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+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 2022 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Landale Mutual Water Company — Lancaster, 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/landale-mutual-water-company-lancaster-ca/2022/source.