Physical & aggregate · 2024

Color in Santa Ana, CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

Santa Ana, CA's 2024 report shows Color detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
System-wide
0–3
Average
Average Amount
2
Range
System-wide
1–2
Average
Average Amount
Not detected
Range
System-wide
0–10

Verbatim from Santa Ana, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Color

A measure of visible tint in the water.

Regulated only as a secondary (cosmetic) standard.

How Santa Ana, CA compares

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People also ask

+Is there Color in Santa Ana, CA tap water?

Yes — Santa Ana, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Color at 2. Santa Ana, CA's 2024 report shows Color detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

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

The EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for Color. Utilities still report any measured levels in their annual Consumer Confidence Report.

+What is Color?

A measure of visible tint in the water. Regulated only as a secondary (cosmetic) standard.

+Where does this Color measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Color entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Santa Ana, 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/santa-ana/2024/source.

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