Inorganic chemicals · 2021

Sulfate in Smwd - Sj Ground Water Plant — Rancho Santa Margarita, Ca, CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

Smwd - Sj Ground Water Plant — Rancho Santa Margarita, Ca, CA's 2021 report shows Sulfate detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
System-wide
201–225 mg/L
Range
System-wide
213–229 mg/L
Average
Average Amount
213 mg/L
Range
System-wide
16–130 mg/L
Average
Average Amount
221 mg/L
Average
Average Amount
61.7 mg/L

Verbatim from Smwd - Sj Ground Water Plant — Rancho Santa Margarita, Ca, CA's 2021 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Sulfate

A naturally occurring mineral from rock and soil.

No health-based federal limit; high levels can have a laxative effect and a bitter taste.

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People also ask

+Is there Sulfate in Smwd - Sj Ground Water Plant — Rancho Santa Margarita, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Smwd - Sj Ground Water Plant — Rancho Santa Margarita, Ca, CA's 2021 Consumer Confidence Report lists Sulfate at 221 mg/L. Smwd - Sj Ground Water Plant — Rancho Santa Margarita, Ca, CA's 2021 report shows Sulfate detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

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

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

+What is Sulfate?

A naturally occurring mineral from rock and soil. No health-based federal limit; high levels can have a laxative effect and a bitter taste.

+Where does this Sulfate measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Sulfate entry from the 2021 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Smwd - Sj Ground Water Plant — Rancho Santa Margarita, 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/smwd-sj-ground-water-plant-rancho-santa-margarita-ca/2021/source.

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