Disinfectants · 2024

Chlorine in Jacksonville, FL tap water

Approaching the federal limit· 0.9× the limit

Jacksonville, FL's 2024 Chlorine level is between 80% and 100% of the federal limit (4 mg/L MCLG) — measured but not in violation.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Reported level
Lofton Oaks Grid
0.93 mg/L
Reported level
Ponte Vedra Grid
0.87 mg/L
Reported level
Major Grid
1.06 mg/L
Range
Major Grid
0.21–3.5 mg/L
Reported level
Mayport
0.71 mg/L
Range
Lofton Oaks Grid
0.21–1.99 mg/L
Reported level
Palm Valley
1.18 mg/L
Range
Palm Valley
0.3–1.94 mg/L
Range
Ponce de Leon Grid
0.21–1.35 mg/L
Reported level
Ponce de Leon Grid
0.73 mg/L
Range
Mayport
0.22–1.46 mg/L
Range
Ponte Vedra Grid
0.21–1.89 mg/L

Verbatim from Jacksonville, FL's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Chlorine

A disinfectant added to drinking water to kill bacteria and viruses.

Effective and necessary, but high residual levels can cause taste and odor issues; the EPA caps the residual disinfectant level.

How Jacksonville, FL compares

5 of the 298 systems measuring Chlorine on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Chlorine:

People also ask

+Is there Chlorine in Jacksonville, FL tap water?

Yes — Jacksonville, FL's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Chlorine at 0.21–3.5 mg/L. Jacksonville, FL's 2024 Chlorine level is between 80% and 100% of the federal limit (4 mg/L MCLG) — measured but not in violation.

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

The federal MCLG for Chlorine is 4 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Chlorine?

A disinfectant added to drinking water to kill bacteria and viruses. Effective and necessary, but high residual levels can cause taste and odor issues; the EPA caps the residual disinfectant level.

+Which other U.S. cities have Chlorine over the federal limit?

5 of the 298 systems on The Water Map measuring Chlorine report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Pittsburgh, PA, Columbus, OH, Albuquerque, NM.

+Where does this Chlorine measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Chlorine entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Jacksonville, 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/jacksonville/2024/source.

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