Other · 2023

Chromium in City of San Jose - Nsj/alviso — San Jose, Ca, CA tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.1× the limit

City of San Jose - Nsj/alviso — San Jose, Ca, CA's 2023 Chromium measurement is below the federal limit of 100 ug/L (MCL).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
Evergreen (Valley Water Treated Water)
Not detected ug/L
Range
Evergreen (Valley Water Treated Water)
Not detected ug/L
Average
Evergreen (Groundwater)
5 ug/L
Range
Evergreen (Groundwater)
3.1–6.1 ug/L
Average
Edenvale (Groundwater)
5.4 ug/L
Range
Edenvale (Groundwater)
3.8–7.4 ug/L
Average
Coyote Valley (Groundwater)
4.7 ug/L
Range
Coyote Valley (Groundwater)
4.6–4.8 ug/L
Average
North San José/ Alviso (SFPUC Treated Water)
0.1 ug/L
Range
North San José/ Alviso (SFPUC Treated Water)
0–0.1 ug/L
Average
North San José/ Alviso (Groundwater)
Not detected ug/L
Range
North San José/ Alviso (Groundwater)
Not detected ug/L

Verbatim from City of San Jose - Nsj/alviso — San Jose, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

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+Is there Chromium in City of San Jose - Nsj/alviso — San Jose, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — City of San Jose - Nsj/alviso — San Jose, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Chromium at 5.4 ug/L. City of San Jose - Nsj/alviso — San Jose, Ca, CA's 2023 Chromium measurement is below the federal limit of 100 ug/L (MCL).

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

The federal MCL for Chromium is 100 ug/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+Where does this Chromium measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Chromium entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the City of San Jose - Nsj/alviso — San Jose, 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-jose-nsj-alviso-san-jose-ca/2023/source.

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