Radionuclides · 2023

Uranium in Santa Margarita Water District-id9 — Rancho Santa Margarita, Ca, CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

Santa Margarita Water District-id9 — Rancho Santa Margarita, Ca, CA's 2023 report shows Uranium detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
Average Amount
Not detected pCi/L
Range
System-wide
Not detected pCi/L
Average
Average Amount
2.2 pCi/L
Range
System-wide
2.2 pCi/L
Average
Average Amount
1 pCi/L
Range
System-wide
0–3 pCi/L

Verbatim from Santa Margarita Water District-id9 — Rancho Santa Margarita, Ca, CA's 2023 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.

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People also ask

+Is there Uranium in Santa Margarita Water District-id9 — Rancho Santa Margarita, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Santa Margarita Water District-id9 — Rancho Santa Margarita, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Uranium at 2.2 pCi/L. Santa Margarita Water District-id9 — Rancho Santa Margarita, Ca, CA's 2023 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.

+Where does this Uranium measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Uranium entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Santa Margarita Water District-id9 — Rancho Santa Margarita, 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-margarita-water-district-id9-rancho-santa-margarita-ca/2023/source.

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