Inorganic chemicals · 2023
Fluoride in Lompoc-city Water Utility Div — Lompoc, Ca, CA tap water
Lompoc-city Water Utility Div — Lompoc, Ca, CA's 2023 Fluoride measurement is below the federal limit of 4 mg/L (MCL).
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Average City of Lompoc | 0.35 mg/L | 4 mg/L MCL |
Range City of Lompoc | 0.3 mg/L | 4 mg/L MCL |
Average Frick Springs | 0.2 mg/L | 4 mg/L MCL |
Verbatim from Lompoc-city Water Utility Div — Lompoc, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Fluoride
A mineral often added to drinking water to help prevent tooth decay.
Beneficial at low levels, but long-term exposure above the federal limit can cause bone disease and tooth mottling.
How Lompoc-city Water Utility Div — Lompoc, Ca, CA compares
5 of the 1248 systems measuring Fluoride on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Fluoride:
People also ask
+Is there Fluoride in Lompoc-city Water Utility Div — Lompoc, Ca, CA tap water?
Yes — Lompoc-city Water Utility Div — Lompoc, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Fluoride at 0.35 mg/L. Lompoc-city Water Utility Div — Lompoc, Ca, CA's 2023 Fluoride measurement is below the federal limit of 4 mg/L (MCL).
+What's the federal limit for Fluoride in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Fluoride is 4 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Fluoride?
A mineral often added to drinking water to help prevent tooth decay. Beneficial at low levels, but long-term exposure above the federal limit can cause bone disease and tooth mottling.
+Which other U.S. cities have Fluoride over the federal limit?
5 of the 1248 systems on The Water Map measuring Fluoride report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Lake Elizabeth Mutual Water Co. — Elizabeth Lake, Ca, CA, Mcfarland, City of — Mcfarland, Ca, CA, Yonkers, NY.
+Where does this Fluoride measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Fluoride entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Lompoc-city Water Utility Div — Lompoc, 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/lompoc-city-water-utility-div-lompoc-ca/2023/source.