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Chlorine Total in City of Santa Maria Utilities Department — Santa Maria, Ca, CA tap water

Approaching the federal limit· 0.8× the limit

City of Santa Maria Utilities Department — Santa Maria, Ca, CA's 2023 Chlorine Total level is between 80% and 100% of the federal limit (4 mg/L MCL) — measured but not in violation.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
Purchased State Project Water
2–3.3 mg/L

Verbatim from City of Santa Maria Utilities Department — Santa Maria, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

How City of Santa Maria Utilities Department — Santa Maria, Ca, CA compares

5 of the 307 systems measuring Chlorine Total on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

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People also ask

+Is there Chlorine Total in City of Santa Maria Utilities Department — Santa Maria, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — City of Santa Maria Utilities Department — Santa Maria, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Chlorine Total at 2–3.3 mg/L. City of Santa Maria Utilities Department — Santa Maria, Ca, CA's 2023 Chlorine Total level is between 80% and 100% of the federal limit (4 mg/L MCL) — measured but not in violation.

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

The federal MCL for Chlorine Total is 4 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

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

5 of the 307 systems on The Water Map measuring Chlorine Total report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Hampton, VA, James City County, VA, Lomita-city, Water Dept. — Lomita, Ca, CA.

+Where does this Chlorine Total measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Chlorine Total entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the City of Santa Maria Utilities Department — Santa Maria, 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-maria-utilities-department-santa-maria-ca/2023/source.

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