Physical & aggregate · 2024

Specific Conductance in City of Temecula, CA tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.7× the limit

City of Temecula, CA's 2024 Specific Conductance measurement is below the federal limit of 1600 uS/cm (MCL).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
Skinner Filtration Plant
903–917 uS/cm
Range
Mills Filtration Plant
317–466 uS/cm
Average
East Valley Wells
509 uS/cm
Average
Desalination Complex L
518 uS/cm
Range
Perris Filtration Plant
346–1210 uS/cm
Range
Desalination Complex L
307–629 uS/cm
Average
Skinner Filtration Plant
910 uS/cm
Average
Hemet Filtration Plant
396 uS/cm
Average
Mills Filtration Plant
392 uS/cm
Average
North Perris Wells
612 uS/cm
Average
Perris Filtration Plant
502 uS/cm
Average
Perris Valley Wells M
1120 uS/cm
Range
Hemet Filtration Plant
280–527 uS/cm
Range
East Valley Wells
316–938 uS/cm
Range
North Perris Wells
591–643 uS/cm

Verbatim from City of Temecula, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Specific Conductance

A measure of how well water conducts electricity, which tracks dissolved mineral content.

Not federally regulated for health; used as a proxy for total dissolved solids.

How City of Temecula, CA compares

5 of the 88 systems measuring Specific Conductance on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Specific Conductance:

People also ask

+Is there Specific Conductance in City of Temecula, CA tap water?

Yes — City of Temecula, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Specific Conductance at 1120 uS/cm. City of Temecula, CA's 2024 Specific Conductance measurement is below the federal limit of 1600 uS/cm (MCL).

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

The federal MCL for Specific Conductance is 1600 uS/cm. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Specific Conductance?

A measure of how well water conducts electricity, which tracks dissolved mineral content. Not federally regulated for health; used as a proxy for total dissolved solids.

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

5 of the 88 systems on The Water Map measuring Specific Conductance report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Ventura, CA, Torrance, CA, Irvine, CA.

+Where does this Specific Conductance measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Specific Conductance entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the City of Temecula, 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/temecula/2024/source.

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