Physical & aggregate · 2024
Turbidity in Santa Ana, CA tap water
Santa Ana, CA's 2024 Turbidity measurement is below the federal limit of 5 NTU (MCL).
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Range System-wide | 0–0.15 NTU | 5 NTU MCL |
Range System-wide | 0–1.1 NTU | 5 NTU MCL |
Reported level Metropolitan Water District Diemer Filtration Plant | 0.06 NTU | 0.3 NTU Treatment technique |
Average Average Amount | Not detected NTU | 5 NTU MCL |
Average Average Amount | Not detected NTU | 5 NTU MCL |
Verbatim from Santa Ana, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Turbidity
A measure of cloudiness from suspended particles in the water.
High turbidity can shelter microbes from disinfection; the EPA enforces it through a treatment-technique standard.
How Santa Ana, CA compares
4 of the 240 systems measuring Turbidity on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Turbidity:
People also ask
+Is there Turbidity in Santa Ana, CA tap water?
Yes — Santa Ana, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Turbidity at Not detected NTU. Santa Ana, CA's 2024 Turbidity measurement is below the federal limit of 5 NTU (MCL).
+What's the federal limit for Turbidity in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Turbidity is 5 NTU. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Turbidity?
A measure of cloudiness from suspended particles in the water. High turbidity can shelter microbes from disinfection; the EPA enforces it through a treatment-technique standard.
+Which other U.S. cities have Turbidity over the federal limit?
4 of the 240 systems on The Water Map measuring Turbidity report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Birmingham, AL, Albuquerque, NM, Freedom District, MD.
+Where does this Turbidity measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Turbidity 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.