Physical & aggregate · 2023

Odor in Santa Margarita Water District — Rancho Santa Margarita, Ca, CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

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

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
Average Amount
1
Range
System-wide
1
Range
System-wide
1
Average
Average Amount
2
Range
System-wide
0–4
Average
Average Amount
1

Verbatim from Santa Margarita Water District — Rancho Santa Margarita, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Odor

A measure of detectable smell in the water.

Regulated only as a secondary (cosmetic) standard.

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People also ask

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

Yes — Santa Margarita Water District — Rancho Santa Margarita, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Odor at 2. Santa Margarita Water District — Rancho Santa Margarita, Ca, CA's 2023 report shows Odor detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

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

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

+What is Odor?

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

+Where does this Odor measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Odor entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Santa Margarita Water District — 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-rancho-santa-margarita-ca/2023/source.

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