Physical & aggregate · 2020

Odor in Whittier-city, Water Dept. — Whittier, Ca, CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

Whittier-city, Water Dept. — Whittier, Ca, CA's 2020 report shows Odor detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Reported level
Source water
Not detected
Range
Source water
0–1

Verbatim from Whittier-city, Water Dept. — Whittier, Ca, CA's 2020 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Odor

A measure of detectable smell in the water.

Regulated only as a secondary (cosmetic) standard.

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People also ask

+Is there Odor in Whittier-city, Water Dept. — Whittier, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Whittier-city, Water Dept. — Whittier, Ca, CA's 2020 Consumer Confidence Report lists Odor at 0–1. Whittier-city, Water Dept. — Whittier, Ca, CA's 2020 report shows Odor detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

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

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

+What is Odor?

A measure of detectable smell in the water. Regulated only as a secondary (cosmetic) standard.

+Where does this Odor measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Odor entry from the 2020 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Whittier-city, Water Dept. — Whittier, 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/whittier-city-water-dept-whittier-ca/2020/source.

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