Physical & aggregate · 2024
Odor in Torrance-city, Water Dept., CA tap water
Torrance-city, Water Dept., CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Odor at or above the federal limit (3 MCL). Measured value is 1.3× the threshold.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Reported level System-wide | 0.5 | 3 MCL |
Range System-wide | 0–4 | 3 MCL |
Range System-wide | 0–1 | 3 MCL |
Reported level System-wide | 0.8 | 3 MCL |
Verbatim from Torrance-city, Water Dept., CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Odor
A measure of detectable smell in the water.
Regulated only as a secondary (cosmetic) standard.
How Torrance-city, Water Dept., CA compares
5 of the 192 systems measuring Odor on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Odor:
People also ask
+Is there Odor in Torrance-city, Water Dept., CA tap water?
Yes — Torrance-city, Water Dept., CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Odor at 0–4. Torrance-city, Water Dept., CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Odor at or above the federal limit (3 MCL). Measured value is 1.3× the threshold.
+What's the federal limit for Odor in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Odor is 3 . The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Odor?
A measure of detectable smell in the water. Regulated only as a secondary (cosmetic) standard.
+Which other U.S. cities have Odor over the federal limit?
5 of the 192 systems on The Water Map measuring Odor report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Santa Rosa, CA, Escondido, City of, CA, City of Martinez, CA.
+Where does this Odor measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Odor entry from the 2024 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/2024/source.