Physical & aggregate · 2023

Total Dissolved Solids in Western MWD — Riverside, Ca, CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

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

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
Murrieta Service Area Surface Water
157–715 mg/L
Average
Riverside Service Area Local Groundwater
292 mg/L
Average
Murrieta Service Area Local Groundwater
350 mg/L
Range
Riverside Service Area Surface Water
178–263 mg/L
Range
Riverside Service Area Local Groundwater
120–380 mg/L
Range
Rainbow Service Area Surface Water
560–572 mg/L
Average
Rainbow Service Area Surface Water
566 mg/L
Average
Riverside Service Area Surface Water
220 mg/L
Range
Murrieta Service Area Local Groundwater
196–582 mg/L
Average
Murrieta Service Area Surface Water
361 mg/L

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

About Total Dissolved Solids

Total dissolved solids — the combined content of all dissolved minerals and salts.

Regulated only as a secondary (cosmetic) standard; high levels affect taste and hardness.

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People also ask

+Is there Total Dissolved Solids in Western MWD — Riverside, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Western MWD — Riverside, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Total Dissolved Solids at 566 mg/L. Western MWD — Riverside, Ca, CA's 2023 report shows Total Dissolved Solids detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

+What's the federal limit for Total Dissolved Solids in drinking water?

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

+What is Total Dissolved Solids?

Total dissolved solids — the combined content of all dissolved minerals and salts. Regulated only as a secondary (cosmetic) standard; high levels affect taste and hardness.

+Where does this Total Dissolved Solids measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Total Dissolved Solids 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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