Physical & aggregate · 2023
TOC in Centennial, CO tap water
Centennial, CO's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report shows TOC at or above the federal limit (1 Treatment technique). Measured value is 2.3× the threshold.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Range System-wide | 1.34 | 1 Treatment technique |
Average System-wide | 2.31 | 1 Treatment technique |
Range System-wide | 1.33 | 1 Treatment technique |
Average System-wide | 1.77 | 1 Treatment technique |
Verbatim from Centennial, CO's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About TOC
Total organic carbon — a measure of organic material dissolved in the water.
Not harmful itself, but it is the raw material that forms disinfection byproducts; removal is a treatment requirement.
How Centennial, CO compares
4 of the 211 systems measuring TOC on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting TOC:
People also ask
+Is there TOC in Centennial, CO tap water?
Yes — Centennial, CO's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists TOC at 2.31. Centennial, CO's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report shows TOC at or above the federal limit (1 Treatment technique). Measured value is 2.3× the threshold.
+What's the federal limit for TOC in drinking water?
The federal Treatment technique for TOC is 1 . The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is TOC?
Total organic carbon — a measure of organic material dissolved in the water. Not harmful itself, but it is the raw material that forms disinfection byproducts; removal is a treatment requirement.
+Which other U.S. cities have TOC over the federal limit?
4 of the 211 systems on The Water Map measuring TOC report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Kansas City, KS, Gilbert, AZ, Pueblo, CO.
+Where does this TOC measurement come from?
This page reproduces the TOC entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Centennial, CO 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/co/centennial/2023/source.