Disinfection byproducts · 2023

Chlorate in Moulton Niguel Water District — Laguna Hills, Ca, CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

Moulton Niguel Water District — Laguna Hills, Ca, CA's 2023 report shows Chlorate detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
System-wide
77 ug/L
Average
Average Amount
77 ug/L

Verbatim from Moulton Niguel Water District — Laguna Hills, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Chlorate

A byproduct that can form during disinfection, especially when hypochlorite solutions degrade.

Has no enforceable federal limit but is on the EPA contaminant candidate list; high levels can affect the thyroid.

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People also ask

+Is there Chlorate in Moulton Niguel Water District — Laguna Hills, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Moulton Niguel Water District — Laguna Hills, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Chlorate at 77 ug/L. Moulton Niguel Water District — Laguna Hills, Ca, CA's 2023 report shows Chlorate detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

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

The federal NL for Chlorate is 800 ug/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Chlorate?

A byproduct that can form during disinfection, especially when hypochlorite solutions degrade. Has no enforceable federal limit but is on the EPA contaminant candidate list; high levels can affect the thyroid.

+Where does this Chlorate measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Chlorate entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Moulton Niguel Water District — Laguna Hills, 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/moulton-niguel-water-district-laguna-hills-ca/2023/source.

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