Physical & aggregate · 2025
Odor in Rancho Estates Mutual Water Co., CA tap water
Rancho Estates Mutual Water Co., CA's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Odor and reported no detectable amount.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Highest single sample Source water | Not detected TON | 3 TON MCL |
Verbatim from Rancho Estates Mutual Water Co., CA's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Odor
A measure of detectable smell in the water.
Regulated only as a secondary (cosmetic) standard.
How Rancho Estates Mutual Water Co., CA compares
5 of the 193 systems measuring Odor on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Odor:
People also ask
+Is there Odor in Rancho Estates Mutual Water Co., CA tap water?
Rancho Estates Mutual Water Co., CA's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Odor and found no detectable amount.
+What's the federal limit for Odor in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Odor is 3 TON. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Odor?
A measure of detectable smell in the water. Regulated only as a secondary (cosmetic) standard.
+Which other U.S. cities have Odor over the federal limit?
5 of the 193 systems on The Water Map measuring Odor report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Santa Rosa, CA, Escondido, City of, CA, City of Martinez, CA.
+Where does this Odor measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Odor entry from the 2025 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Rancho Estates Mutual Water Co., 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/rancho-estates-mutual-water-co/2025/source.