Metals · 2024
Lithium in Santa Clarita, CA tap water
Santa Clarita, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Lithium at or above the federal limit (9 ug/L MCL). Measured value is 5.1× the threshold.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Minimum Los Angeles County Waterworks District #36 | 45 ug/L | 9 ug/L MCL |
Minimum Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency | Not detected ug/L | 9 ug/L MCL |
Average Los Angeles County Waterworks District #36 | 46 ug/L | 9 ug/L MCL |
Maximum Los Angeles County Waterworks District #36 | 46 ug/L | 9 ug/L MCL |
Maximum Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency | 53 ug/L | 9 ug/L MCL |
Average Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency | 19 ug/L | 9 ug/L MCL |
Verbatim from Santa Clarita, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Lithium
A naturally occurring element found in some groundwater.
No enforceable federal limit; on the EPA contaminant candidate list for further study.
How Santa Clarita, CA compares
5 of the 125 systems measuring Lithium on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Lithium:
People also ask
+Is there Lithium in Santa Clarita, CA tap water?
Yes — Santa Clarita, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Lithium at 46 ug/L. Santa Clarita, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Lithium at or above the federal limit (9 ug/L MCL). Measured value is 5.1× the threshold.
+What's the federal limit for Lithium in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Lithium is 9 ug/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Lithium?
A naturally occurring element found in some groundwater. No enforceable federal limit; on the EPA contaminant candidate list for further study.
+Which other U.S. cities have Lithium over the federal limit?
5 of the 125 systems on The Water Map measuring Lithium report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include New Braunfels, TX, Chandler, AZ, Tempe, AZ.
+Where does this Lithium measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Lithium entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Santa Clarita, 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-clarita/2024/source.