Radionuclides · 2023

Uranium in Santa Monica-city, Water Division — Los Angeles, Ca, CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

Santa Monica-city, Water Division — Los Angeles, Ca, CA's 2023 report shows Uranium detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
IMPORTED SURFACE WATER Weymouth Plant
0–3 pCi/L
Average
LOCAL WELL WATER Arcadia Plant
1.6 pCi/L
Range
IMPORTED SURFACE WATER Jensen Plant
2–3 pCi/L
Average
LOCAL WELL WATER Arcadia Plant
1.6 pCi/L
Average
IMPORTED SURFACE WATER Weymouth Plant
Not detected pCi/L
Range
IMPORTED SURFACE WATER Weymouth Plant
0–3 pCi/L
Range
LOCAL WELL WATER Arcadia Plant
1.1–2.1 pCi/L
Range
IMPORTED SURFACE WATER Jensen Plant
2–3 pCi/L
Average
IMPORTED SURFACE WATER Weymouth Plant
Not detected pCi/L
Average
IMPORTED SURFACE WATER Jensen Plant
2 pCi/L
Range
LOCAL WELL WATER Arcadia Plant
1.1–2.1 pCi/L
Average
IMPORTED SURFACE WATER Jensen Plant
2 pCi/L

Verbatim from Santa Monica-city, Water Division — Los Angeles, 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.

How Santa Monica-city, Water Division — Los Angeles, 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 Monica-city, Water Division — Los Angeles, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Santa Monica-city, Water Division — Los Angeles, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Uranium at 2 pCi/L. Santa Monica-city, Water Division — Los Angeles, 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 Public health goal for Uranium is 0.43 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 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Santa Monica-city, Water Division — Los Angeles, 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-monica-city-water-division-los-angeles-ca/2023/source.

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