Radionuclides · 2023

Combined Radium in Sweetwater Authority — Chula Vista, Ca, CA tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.3× the limit

Sweetwater Authority — Chula Vista, Ca, CA's 2023 Combined Radium measurement is below the federal limit of 5 pCi/L (MCL).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Reported level
SD Formation Wells 1 - 11
1 pCi/L
Reported level
National City Well 4
Not detected pCi/L
Reported level
National City Well 3
Not detected pCi/L
Reported level
National City Well 3
Not detected pCi/L
Reported level
National City Well 2
0.6 pCi/L
Reported level
Lake Skinner Outlet (Aqueduct)
Not detected pCi/L
Reported level
National City Well 4
Not detected pCi/L
Reported level
SD Formation Wells 1 - 11
0.6–1.4 pCi/L
Reported level
National City Well 2
Not detected pCi/L
Reported level
Lake Skinner Outlet (Aqueduct)
Not detected pCi/L
Reported level
Sweetwater Reservoir
1 pCi/L
Reported level
National City Well 2
Not detected pCi/L
Reported level
Sweetwater Reservoir
1 pCi/L
Reported level
National City Well 3
Not detected pCi/L
Reported level
National City Well 4
Not detected pCi/L
Reported level
National City Well 2
0.6 pCi/L
Reported level
Sweetwater Reservoir
Not detected pCi/L
Reported level
Lake Skinner Outlet (Aqueduct)
Not detected pCi/L
Reported level
Sweetwater Reservoir
Not detected pCi/L
Reported level
SD Formation Wells 1 - 11
0.7 pCi/L
Reported level
National City Well 4
Not detected pCi/L
Reported level
SD Formation Wells 1 - 11
0–1.3 pCi/L
Reported level
Lake Skinner Outlet (Aqueduct)
Not detected pCi/L
Reported level
National City Well 3
Not detected pCi/L

Verbatim from Sweetwater Authority — Chula Vista, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Combined Radium

Combined radium-226 and radium-228 — naturally occurring radioactive elements.

Long-term exposure above the federal limit increases the risk of bone cancer.

How Sweetwater Authority — Chula Vista, Ca, CA compares

5 of the 464 systems measuring Combined Radium on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

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People also ask

+Is there Combined Radium in Sweetwater Authority — Chula Vista, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Sweetwater Authority — Chula Vista, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Combined Radium at 0.6–1.4 pCi/L. Sweetwater Authority — Chula Vista, Ca, CA's 2023 Combined Radium measurement is below the federal limit of 5 pCi/L (MCL).

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

The federal MCL for Combined Radium is 5 pCi/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Combined Radium?

Combined radium-226 and radium-228 — naturally occurring radioactive elements. Long-term exposure above the federal limit increases the risk of bone cancer.

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

5 of the 464 systems on The Water Map measuring Combined Radium report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Lynn, MA, Aurora, IL, Broad Creek, MD.

+Where does this Combined Radium measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Combined Radium entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Sweetwater Authority — Chula Vista, 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/sweetwater-authority-chula-vista-ca/2023/source.

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