Disinfectants · 2024

Chlorine in Des Moines, IA tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.8× the limit

Des Moines, IA's 2024 Chlorine measurement is below the federal limit.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Reported level
New Virginia
1.99 mg/L
Reported level
Clive
1 mg/L
Reported level
Norwalk
0.41–1.56 mg/L
Reported level
New Virginia
1.8–2.3 mg/L
Reported level
Ankeny
1 mg/L
Reported level
Johnston
0.8 mg/L
Reported level
Waukee
1 mg/L
Reported level
Ankeny
0.15–1.91 mg/L
Reported level
East Dallas Water
2.41 mg/L
Reported level
Bondurant
1.05–2.56 mg/L
Reported level
Urbandale
0.36–1.69 mg/L
Reported level
SE Polk Rural Water**
0.67 mg/L
Reported level
Norwalk
0.9 mg/L
Reported level
Clive
0.33–1.45 mg/L
Reported level
Urbandale
0.95 mg/L
Reported level
Earlham
1.9 mg/L
Reported level
Des Moines*
0.05–2.5 mg/L
Reported level
Johnston
0.18–1.39 mg/L
Reported level
Des Moines*
1.11 mg/L
Reported level
Warren Water District
1.7–3 mg/L
Reported level
Waukee
0.33–1.72 mg/L
Reported level
Warren Water District
2.5 mg/L
Reported level
East Dallas Water
2.1–2.9 mg/L
Reported level
Earlham
1.6–2.3 mg/L
Reported level
Bondurant
2.2 mg/L
Reported level
SE Polk Rural Water**
0.15–1.61 mg/L

Verbatim from Des Moines, IA'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 Des Moines, IA compares

5 of the 690 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 Des Moines, IA tap water?

Yes — Des Moines, IA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Chlorine at 1.7–3 mg/L. Des Moines, IA's 2024 Chlorine measurement is below the federal limit.

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

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

+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 690 systems on The Water Map measuring Chlorine report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Santa Fe I.d. — Rancho Santa Fe, Ca, CA, Glendora-city, Water Dept. — Glendora, Ca, CA, Chapel Hill Water System, MD.

+Where does this Chlorine measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Chlorine entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Des Moines, IA 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/ia/des-moines/2024/source.

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