Inorganic chemicals · 2020

Nitrate in Quartz Hill Water Dist. — Quartz Hill, Ca, CA tap water

Approaching the federal limit· 0.9× the limit

Quartz Hill Water Dist. — Quartz Hill, Ca, CA's 2020 Nitrate level is between 80% and 100% of the federal limit (10 mg/L MCL) — measured but not in violation.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Reported level
System-wide
4.43 mg/L
Range
System-wide
3.5–4.6 mg/L
Reported level
System-wide
4.18 mg/L
Range
System-wide
0.89–8.6 mg/L

Verbatim from Quartz Hill Water Dist. — Quartz Hill, Ca, CA's 2020 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Nitrate

A compound from fertilizer runoff, septic systems, and erosion of natural deposits.

Levels above the federal limit can cause 'blue baby syndrome,' a serious oxygen-transport condition in infants.

How Quartz Hill Water Dist. — Quartz Hill, Ca, CA compares

5 of the 1170 systems measuring Nitrate on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Nitrate:

People also ask

+Is there Nitrate in Quartz Hill Water Dist. — Quartz Hill, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Quartz Hill Water Dist. — Quartz Hill, Ca, CA's 2020 Consumer Confidence Report lists Nitrate at 0.89–8.6 mg/L. Quartz Hill Water Dist. — Quartz Hill, Ca, CA's 2020 Nitrate level is between 80% and 100% of the federal limit (10 mg/L MCL) — measured but not in violation.

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

The federal MCL for Nitrate is 10 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Nitrate?

A compound from fertilizer runoff, septic systems, and erosion of natural deposits. Levels above the federal limit can cause 'blue baby syndrome,' a serious oxygen-transport condition in infants.

+Which other U.S. cities have Nitrate over the federal limit?

5 of the 1170 systems on The Water Map measuring Nitrate report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Morro Bay Pw Dept - Water Division — Morro Bay, Ca, CA, San Miguelito Mwc — Avila Beach, Ca, CA, Hilmar County Water District — Hilmar, Ca, CA.

+Where does this Nitrate measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Nitrate entry from the 2020 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Quartz Hill Water Dist. — Quartz Hill, 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/quartz-hill-water-dist-quartz-hill-ca/2020/source.

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