Disinfection byproducts · 2023

Perchlorate in Torrance-city, Water Dept., CA tap water

Not detected

Torrance-city, Water Dept., CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Perchlorate and reported no detectable amount.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Highest single sample
Source water
Not detected UG/L

Verbatim from Torrance-city, Water Dept., CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Perchlorate

A chemical used in rocket fuel and fireworks that can also form during disinfection.

Can interfere with thyroid hormone production; has no national enforceable limit but is regulated in some states.

How Torrance-city, Water Dept., CA compares

5 of the 193 systems measuring Perchlorate on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Perchlorate:

People also ask

+Is there Perchlorate in Torrance-city, Water Dept., CA tap water?

Torrance-city, Water Dept., CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Perchlorate and found no detectable amount.

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

The federal MCL for Perchlorate is 6 UG/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Perchlorate?

A chemical used in rocket fuel and fireworks that can also form during disinfection. Can interfere with thyroid hormone production; has no national enforceable limit but is regulated in some states.

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

5 of the 193 systems on The Water Map measuring Perchlorate report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Rialto, CA, Rialto, City of, CA, Rialto, City of, CA.

+Where does this Perchlorate measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Perchlorate entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Torrance-city, Water Dept., 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/torrance-city-water-dept/2023/source.

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