Metals · 2021

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

Within the federal limit· 0.4× the limit

Sierra Madre-city, Water Dept. — Sierra Madre, Ca, CA's 2021 Copper measurement is below the federal limit of 1.3 mg/L (Action level).

The measurement

StatisticValue
90th percentile
At the tap
0.46 mg/L
Reported level
Sites Exceeding Action Level
0 mg/L

Verbatim from Sierra Madre-city, Water Dept. — Sierra Madre, Ca, CA's 2021 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Copper

A metal that enters water from corroding household plumbing.

Short-term exposure causes stomach distress; long-term exposure can damage the liver and kidneys.

How Sierra Madre-city, Water Dept. — Sierra Madre, Ca, CA compares

5 of the 1330 systems measuring Copper on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Copper:

People also ask

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

Yes — Sierra Madre-city, Water Dept. — Sierra Madre, Ca, CA's 2021 Consumer Confidence Report lists Copper at 0.46 mg/L. Sierra Madre-city, Water Dept. — Sierra Madre, Ca, CA's 2021 Copper measurement is below the federal limit of 1.3 mg/L (Action level).

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

The federal Action level for Copper is 1.3 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Copper?

A metal that enters water from corroding household plumbing. Short-term exposure causes stomach distress; long-term exposure can damage the liver and kidneys.

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

5 of the 1330 systems on The Water Map measuring Copper report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Atascadero State Hospital — Atascadero, Ca, CA, Gramercy, MD, White Fence Farms Mwc No.3 — Lancaster, Ca, CA.

+Where does this Copper measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Copper entry from the 2021 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/2021/source.

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