Metals · 2023

Aluminum in Western MWD — Riverside, Ca, CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

Western MWD — Riverside, Ca, CA's 2023 report shows Aluminum detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
Riverside Service Area Surface Water
0–110 ug/L
Average
Murrieta Service Area Surface Water
Not detected ug/L
Range
Murrieta Service Area Local Groundwater
0–54 ug/L
Average
Murrieta Service Area Local Groundwater
Not detected ug/L
Average
Riverside Service Area Surface Water
Not detected ug/L
Range
Murrieta Service Area Local Groundwater
0–54 ug/L
Range
Rainbow Service Area Surface Water
0–160 ug/L
Average
Rainbow Service Area Surface Water
74 ug/L
Range
Rainbow Service Area Surface Water
0–160 ug/L
Average
Murrieta Service Area Local Groundwater
Not detected ug/L
Range
Riverside Service Area Local Groundwater
0–52 ug/L
Average
Murrieta Service Area Surface Water
Not detected ug/L
Range
Riverside Service Area Surface Water
0–110 ug/L
Average
Riverside Service Area Local Groundwater
Not detected ug/L
Range
Murrieta Service Area Surface Water
0–160 ug/L
Average
Riverside Service Area Local Groundwater
Not detected ug/L
Average
Riverside Service Area Surface Water
Not detected ug/L
Average
Rainbow Service Area Surface Water
74 ug/L
Range
Riverside Service Area Local Groundwater
0–52 ug/L
Range
Murrieta Service Area Surface Water
0–160 ug/L

Verbatim from Western MWD — Riverside, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Aluminum

A common element sometimes used as a treatment coagulant.

Regulated only as a secondary (cosmetic) standard; high levels can discolor water.

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People also ask

+Is there Aluminum in Western MWD — Riverside, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Western MWD — Riverside, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Aluminum at 74 ug/L. Western MWD — Riverside, Ca, CA's 2023 report shows Aluminum detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

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

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

+What is Aluminum?

A common element sometimes used as a treatment coagulant. Regulated only as a secondary (cosmetic) standard; high levels can discolor water.

+Where does this Aluminum measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Aluminum entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Western MWD — Riverside, 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/western-mwd-riverside-ca/2023/source.

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