Inorganic chemicals · 2023

Fluoride in Long Beach Utilities Department — Long Beach, Ca, CA tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.2× the limit

Long Beach Utilities Department — Long Beach, Ca, CA's 2023 Fluoride measurement is below the federal limit of 1 mg/L (Public health goal).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Maximum
Blended Zone (325)
0.76 mg/L
Range
Blended Zone (325)
0.67–0.76 mg/L
Range
MWD Zone (114)
0.58–0.76 mg/L
Average
MWD Zone (114)
0.69 mg/L
Average
Blended Zone (325)
0.72 mg/L
Maximum
MWD Zone (114)
0.76 mg/L

Verbatim from Long Beach Utilities Department — Long Beach, 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 Long Beach Utilities Department — Long Beach, 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 Long Beach Utilities Department — Long Beach, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Long Beach Utilities Department — Long Beach, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Fluoride at 0.72 mg/L. Long Beach Utilities Department — Long Beach, Ca, CA's 2023 Fluoride measurement is below the federal limit of 1 mg/L (Public health goal).

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

The federal Public health goal for Fluoride 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 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 Long Beach Utilities Department — Long Beach, 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/long-beach-utilities-department-long-beach-ca/2023/source.

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