Metals · 2022

Selenium in Nuevo Water Company — Nuevo, Ca, CA tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.1× the limit

Nuevo Water Company — Nuevo, Ca, CA's 2022 Selenium measurement is below the federal limit of 50 ug/L (MCL).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
System-wide
0–6.8 ug/L
Average
System-wide
4.7 ug/L

Verbatim from Nuevo Water Company — Nuevo, Ca, CA's 2022 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Selenium

A trace element from natural deposits and industrial discharge.

Essential in tiny amounts, but long-term exposure above the federal limit can cause hair and fingernail loss and circulatory problems.

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People also ask

+Is there Selenium in Nuevo Water Company — Nuevo, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Nuevo Water Company — Nuevo, Ca, CA's 2022 Consumer Confidence Report lists Selenium at 4.7 ug/L. Nuevo Water Company — Nuevo, Ca, CA's 2022 Selenium measurement is below the federal limit of 50 ug/L (MCL).

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

The federal MCL for Selenium is 50 ug/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Selenium?

A trace element from natural deposits and industrial discharge. Essential in tiny amounts, but long-term exposure above the federal limit can cause hair and fingernail loss and circulatory problems.

+Where does this Selenium measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Selenium entry from the 2022 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Nuevo Water Company — Nuevo, 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/nuevo-water-company-nuevo-ca/2022/source.

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