Inorganic chemicals · 2024

Fluoride in Mills Service Area, CA tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.3× the limit

Mills Service Area, CA's 2024 Fluoride measurement is below the federal limit of 2 mg/L (MCL).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
Mills Filtration Plant
0.7 mg/L
Range
Mills Filtration Plant
0.6–0.9 mg/L
Average
North Perris Wells
0.5 mg/L
Range
North Perris Wells
0.4–0.6 mg/L
Range
Hemet Filtration Plant
0–0.1 mg/L
Average
Desalination Complex L
Not detected mg/L
Average
Skinner Filtration Plant
0.7 mg/L
Average
Perris Valley Wells M
0.4 mg/L
Average
Hemet Filtration Plant
Not detected mg/L
Average
Perris Filtration Plant
Not detected mg/L
Range
Perris Filtration Plant
0–0.3 mg/L
Range
East Valley Wells
0.1–0.3 mg/L
Range
Skinner Filtration Plant
0.6–0.8 mg/L
Average
East Valley Wells
0.2 mg/L

Verbatim from Mills Service Area, CA's 2024 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 Mills Service Area, CA compares

5 of the 386 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 Mills Service Area, CA tap water?

Yes — Mills Service Area, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Fluoride at 0.7 mg/L. Mills Service Area, CA's 2024 Fluoride measurement is below the federal limit of 2 mg/L (MCL).

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

The federal MCL for Fluoride 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 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 386 systems on The Water Map measuring Fluoride report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include High Point, NC, Columbus, OH, Hollywood, FL.

+Where does this Fluoride measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Fluoride entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Mills Service Area, 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/mills-service-area/2024/source.

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