Metals · 2023

Aluminum in Otay Water District — Spring Valley, Ca, CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

Otay Water District — Spring Valley, Ca, CA's 2023 report shows Aluminum detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Reported level
Twin Oaks Plant
0–160 ug/L
Reported level
Skinner Plant
0–160 ug/L
Reported level
Skinner Plant
0–160 ug/L
Reported level
Twin Oaks Plant
50 ug/L
Reported level
Helix Plant
140 ug/L
Reported level
Twin Oaks Plant
0–160 ug/L
Reported level
Carlsbad Desal Plant
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Carlsbad Desal Plant
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Helix Plant
64–230 ug/L
Reported level
Carlsbad Desal Plant
Not detected ug/L
Reported level
Skinner Plant
74 ug/L
Reported level
Helix Plant
64–230 ug/L

Verbatim from Otay Water District — Spring Valley, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Aluminum

A common element sometimes used as a treatment coagulant.

Regulated only as a secondary (cosmetic) standard; high levels can discolor water.

How Otay Water District — Spring Valley, Ca, CA compares

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People also ask

+Is there Aluminum in Otay Water District — Spring Valley, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Otay Water District — Spring Valley, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Aluminum at 64–230 ug/L. Otay Water District — Spring Valley, Ca, CA's 2023 report shows Aluminum detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

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

The EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for Aluminum. Utilities still report any measured levels in their annual Consumer Confidence Report.

+What is Aluminum?

A common element sometimes used as a treatment coagulant. Regulated only as a secondary (cosmetic) standard; high levels can discolor water.

+Where does this Aluminum measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Aluminum entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Otay Water District — Spring Valley, 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/otay-water-district-spring-valley-ca/2023/source.

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