Physical & aggregate · 2023

Turbidity in Serrano Water District — Villa Park, Ca, CA tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.2× the limit

Serrano Water District — Villa Park, Ca, CA's 2023 Turbidity measurement is below the federal limit of 1 NTU (MCL).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Reported level
Metropolitan Water District Diemer Filtration Plant
0.11 NTU
Average
Average Amount
Not detected NTU
Range
System-wide
0–0.11 NTU
Average
Average Amount
0.21 NTU
Range
System-wide
0–0.6 NTU
Average
Santiago Reservoir
0.04 NTU
Range
Santiago Reservoir
0–0.11 NTU

Verbatim from Serrano Water District — Villa Park, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Turbidity

A measure of cloudiness from suspended particles in the water.

High turbidity can shelter microbes from disinfection; the EPA enforces it through a treatment-technique standard.

How Serrano Water District — Villa Park, Ca, CA compares

5 of the 103 CA systems measuring Turbidity on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Turbidity:

People also ask

+Is there Turbidity in Serrano Water District — Villa Park, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Serrano Water District — Villa Park, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Turbidity at 0.21 NTU. Serrano Water District — Villa Park, Ca, CA's 2023 Turbidity measurement is below the federal limit of 1 NTU (MCL).

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

The federal MCL for Turbidity is 1 NTU. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Turbidity?

A measure of cloudiness from suspended particles in the water. High turbidity can shelter microbes from disinfection; the EPA enforces it through a treatment-technique standard.

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

5 of the 103 CA systems on The Water Map measuring Turbidity report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include East Niles Csd — Bakersfield, Ca, CA, City of San Jacinto, CA, Moreno Valley, CA.

+Where does this Turbidity measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Turbidity entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Serrano Water District — Villa Park, 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/serrano-water-district-villa-park-ca/2023/source.

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