Inorganic chemicals · 2024
Sulfate in Lakewood, CO tap water
Lakewood, CO's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Sulfate at or above the federal limit (250 ug/L MCL). Measured value is 196.8× the threshold.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Range System-wide | 22000–69000 ug/L | 250 ug/L MCL |
Average System-wide | 49200 ug/L | 250 ug/L MCL |
Verbatim from Lakewood, CO's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Sulfate
A naturally occurring mineral from rock and soil.
No health-based federal limit; high levels can have a laxative effect and a bitter taste.
How Lakewood, CO compares
2 of the 153 systems measuring Sulfate on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Sulfate:
People also ask
+Is there Sulfate in Lakewood, CO tap water?
Yes — Lakewood, CO's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Sulfate at 49200 ug/L. Lakewood, CO's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Sulfate at or above the federal limit (250 ug/L MCL). Measured value is 196.8× the threshold.
+What's the federal limit for Sulfate in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Sulfate is 250 ug/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Sulfate?
A naturally occurring mineral from rock and soil. No health-based federal limit; high levels can have a laxative effect and a bitter taste.
+Which other U.S. cities have Sulfate over the federal limit?
2 of the 153 systems on The Water Map measuring Sulfate report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Santa Rosa, CA, Ventura, CA.
+Where does this Sulfate measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Sulfate entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Lakewood, 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/lakewood/2024/source.