Inorganic chemicals · 2023

Fluoride in San Bernardino Valley Wd — San Bernardino, Ca, CA tap water

Over the federal limit· 1.0× the limit

San Bernardino Valley Wd — San Bernardino, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report shows Fluoride at or above the federal limit (4 mg/L MCL). Measured value is 1.0× the threshold.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Reported level
Wells
0.29–0.3 mg/L
Reported level
Health Effects
4 mg/L
Reported level
Health Effects
4 mg/L
Reported level
Fluidized Bed Reactors (FBR)
0.22–0.29 mg/L
Reported level
Health Effects
4 mg/L
Reported level
Lytle Creek
0.27 mg/L
Reported level
Ion Exchange Perchlorate Treatment
0.2 mg/L
Reported level
Baseline Feeder3
0.29–0.32 mg/L
Reported level
State Water Project
0.076 mg/L

Verbatim from San Bernardino Valley Wd — San Bernardino, Ca, CA's 2023 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 San Bernardino Valley Wd — San Bernardino, Ca, CA compares

5 of the 1248 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 San Bernardino Valley Wd — San Bernardino, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — San Bernardino Valley Wd — San Bernardino, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Fluoride at 4 mg/L. San Bernardino Valley Wd — San Bernardino, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report shows Fluoride at or above the federal limit (4 mg/L MCL). Measured value is 1.0× the threshold.

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

The federal MCL for Fluoride is 4 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 1248 systems on The Water Map measuring Fluoride report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Lake Elizabeth Mutual Water Co. — Elizabeth Lake, Ca, CA, Mcfarland, City of — Mcfarland, Ca, CA, Yonkers, NY.

+Where does this Fluoride measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Fluoride entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the San Bernardino Valley Wd — San Bernardino, 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/san-bernardino-valley-wd-san-bernardino-ca/2023/source.

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