Radionuclides · 2022

Uranium in Santa Fe Springs - City, Water Dept. — Santa Fe Springs, Ca, CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

Santa Fe Springs - City, Water Dept. — Santa Fe Springs, Ca, CA's 2022 report shows Uranium detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
SFSWUA Groundwater
1.1 pCi/L
Average
MWD Surface Water
Not detected pCi/L
Range
MWD Surface Water
0–3 pCi/L
Range
SFSWUA Groundwater
0–1.9 pCi/L

Verbatim from Santa Fe Springs - City, Water Dept. — Santa Fe Springs, Ca, CA's 2022 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Uranium

A naturally occurring radioactive metal from erosion of natural deposits.

Long-term exposure above the federal limit can damage the kidneys and increase cancer risk.

How Santa Fe Springs - City, Water Dept. — Santa Fe Springs, Ca, CA compares

1 of the 773 systems measuring Uranium on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Uranium:

People also ask

+Is there Uranium in Santa Fe Springs - City, Water Dept. — Santa Fe Springs, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Santa Fe Springs - City, Water Dept. — Santa Fe Springs, Ca, CA's 2022 Consumer Confidence Report lists Uranium at 1.1 pCi/L. Santa Fe Springs - City, Water Dept. — Santa Fe Springs, Ca, CA's 2022 report shows Uranium detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

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

The federal MCL for Uranium is 20 pCi/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Uranium?

A naturally occurring radioactive metal from erosion of natural deposits. Long-term exposure above the federal limit can damage the kidneys and increase cancer risk.

+Which other U.S. cities have Uranium over the federal limit?

1 of the 773 systems on The Water Map measuring Uranium report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Cal Am - Bass Lake — Sacramento, Ca, CA.

+Where does this Uranium measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Uranium entry from the 2022 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Santa Fe Springs - City, Water Dept. — Santa Fe Springs, 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/santa-fe-springs-city-water-dept-santa-fe-springs-ca/2022/source.

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