Physical & aggregate · 2020

TOC in Sierra Madre-city, Water Dept. — Sierra Madre, Ca, CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

Sierra Madre-city, Water Dept. — Sierra Madre, Ca, CA's 2020 report shows TOC detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
Average Amount
0.88 mg/L
Range
System-wide
0–0.61 mg/L
Range
System-wide
0.88 mg/L
Average
Average Amount
0.34 mg/L

Verbatim from Sierra Madre-city, Water Dept. — Sierra Madre, Ca, CA's 2020 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About TOC

Total organic carbon — a measure of organic material dissolved in the water.

Not harmful itself, but it is the raw material that forms disinfection byproducts; removal is a treatment requirement.

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People also ask

+Is there TOC in Sierra Madre-city, Water Dept. — Sierra Madre, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Sierra Madre-city, Water Dept. — Sierra Madre, Ca, CA's 2020 Consumer Confidence Report lists TOC at 0.88 mg/L. Sierra Madre-city, Water Dept. — Sierra Madre, Ca, CA's 2020 report shows TOC detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

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

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

+What is TOC?

Total organic carbon — a measure of organic material dissolved in the water. Not harmful itself, but it is the raw material that forms disinfection byproducts; removal is a treatment requirement.

+Where does this TOC measurement come from?

This page reproduces the TOC entry from the 2020 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Sierra Madre-city, Water Dept. — Sierra Madre, 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/sierra-madre-city-water-dept-sierra-madre-ca/2020/source.

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