Inorganic chemicals · 2024

Fluoride in Oxnard Water Dept, CA tap water

Approaching the federal limit· 0.8× the limit

Oxnard Water Dept, CA's 2024 Fluoride level is between 80% and 100% of the federal limit (2 MG/L MCL) — measured but not in violation.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Highest single sample
Source water
6.6 MG/L
Average
Source water
1.6557142857142857 MG/L
Average
Distribution
0.5917808219178082 MG/L
Highest single sample
Distribution
0.86 MG/L
Highest single sample
Entry point
1.6 MG/L
Average
Entry point
0.5534567901234567 MG/L

Verbatim from Oxnard Water Dept, 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 Oxnard Water Dept, CA compares

5 of the 314 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 Oxnard Water Dept, CA tap water?

Yes — Oxnard Water Dept, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Fluoride at 1.6557142857142857 MG/L. Oxnard Water Dept, CA's 2024 Fluoride level is between 80% and 100% of the federal limit (2 MG/L MCL) — measured but not in violation.

+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 314 systems on The Water Map measuring Fluoride report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Pittsburgh, PA, Albuquerque, NM, Barrelville, MD.

+Where does this Fluoride measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Fluoride entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Oxnard Water Dept, 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/oxnard-water-dept/2024/source.

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