Metals · 2024
Sodium in Gainesville, FL tap water
Gainesville, FL's 2024 Sodium measurement is below the federal limit of 160 mg/L (MCL).
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Reported level System-wide | 21.1 mg/L | 160 mg/L MCL |
Verbatim from Gainesville, FL's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Sodium
A naturally occurring salt component.
Not federally regulated for health; relevant for people on sodium-restricted diets.
How Gainesville, FL compares
5 of the 219 systems measuring Sodium on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Sodium:
People also ask
+Is there Sodium in Gainesville, FL tap water?
Yes — Gainesville, FL's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Sodium at 21.1 mg/L. Gainesville, FL's 2024 Sodium measurement is below the federal limit of 160 mg/L (MCL).
+What's the federal limit for Sodium in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Sodium is 160 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Sodium?
A naturally occurring salt component. Not federally regulated for health; relevant for people on sodium-restricted diets.
+Which other U.S. cities have Sodium over the federal limit?
5 of the 219 systems on The Water Map measuring Sodium report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include San Diego, CA, Pomona, CA, Burbank, CA.
+Where does this Sodium measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Sodium entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Gainesville, FL 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/fl/gainesville/2024/source.