Inorganic chemicals · 2024
Nitrate in Santa Rosa, City of, CA tap water
Santa Rosa, City of, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Nitrate and reported no detectable amount.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Range Sonoma Water | Not detected mg/L | 10 mg/L Public health goal |
Range Santa Rosa | Not detected mg/L | 10 mg/L Public health goal |
Reported level Santa Rosa | Not detected mg/L | 10 mg/L Public health goal |
Reported level Sonoma Water | Not detected mg/L | 10 mg/L Public health goal |
Verbatim from Santa Rosa, City of, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Nitrate
A compound from fertilizer runoff, septic systems, and erosion of natural deposits.
Levels above the federal limit can cause 'blue baby syndrome,' a serious oxygen-transport condition in infants.
How Santa Rosa, City of, CA compares
5 of the 245 CA systems measuring Nitrate on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Nitrate:
People also ask
+Is there Nitrate in Santa Rosa, City of, CA tap water?
Santa Rosa, City of, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Nitrate and found no detectable amount.
+What's the federal limit for Nitrate in drinking water?
The federal Public health goal for Nitrate is 10 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Nitrate?
A compound from fertilizer runoff, septic systems, and erosion of natural deposits. Levels above the federal limit can cause 'blue baby syndrome,' a serious oxygen-transport condition in infants.
+Which other U.S. cities have Nitrate over the federal limit?
5 of the 245 CA systems on The Water Map measuring Nitrate report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Wasco, City of — Wasco, Ca, CA, Corona, City of — Corona, Ca, CA, Templeton Csd — Templeton, Ca, CA.
+Where does this Nitrate measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Nitrate entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Santa Rosa, City of, 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-rosa/2024/source.