Metals · 2023

Boron in San Francisco SFPUC, CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

San Francisco SFPUC, CA's 2023 report shows Boron detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
System-wide
23–65 ug/L
Average
System-wide
41 ug/L

Verbatim from San Francisco SFPUC, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Boron

A naturally occurring element from rock and soil.

No enforceable federal limit; the EPA has issued a health advisory level.

How San Francisco SFPUC, CA compares

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People also ask

+Is there Boron in San Francisco SFPUC, CA tap water?

Yes — San Francisco SFPUC, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Boron at 41 ug/L. San Francisco SFPUC, CA's 2023 report shows Boron detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

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

The federal NL for Boron is 1000 ug/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Boron?

A naturally occurring element from rock and soil. No enforceable federal limit; the EPA has issued a health advisory level.

+Where does this Boron measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Boron entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the San Francisco SFPUC, 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-francisco-sfpuc/2023/source.

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