Disinfectants · 2024
Chloramine in Ucmr5 — Aurora (2024), IL tap water
Ucmr5 — Aurora (2024), IL's 2024 Chloramine measurement is below the federal limit of 4 mg/L (MRDLG).
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Reported level System-wide | 3 mg/L | 4 mg/L MRDLG |
Range System-wide | 3–3 mg/L | 4 mg/L MRDLG |
Verbatim from Ucmr5 — Aurora (2024), IL's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Chloramine
A longer-lasting disinfectant made by combining chlorine with ammonia.
Holds disinfection further into the pipe network, but is regulated under the same residual-disinfectant cap as chlorine.
How Ucmr5 — Aurora (2024), IL compares
5 of the 128 systems measuring Chloramine on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
People also ask
+Is there Chloramine in Ucmr5 — Aurora (2024), IL tap water?
Yes — Ucmr5 — Aurora (2024), IL's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Chloramine at 3 mg/L. Ucmr5 — Aurora (2024), IL's 2024 Chloramine measurement is below the federal limit of 4 mg/L (MRDLG).
+What's the federal limit for Chloramine in drinking water?
The federal MRDLG for Chloramine 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 Chloramine?
A longer-lasting disinfectant made by combining chlorine with ammonia. Holds disinfection further into the pipe network, but is regulated under the same residual-disinfectant cap as chlorine.
+Which other U.S. cities have Chloramine over the federal limit?
5 of the 128 systems on The Water Map measuring Chloramine report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Hialeah, FL, Shreveport, LA, Suffolk, VA.
+Where does this Chloramine measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Chloramine entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Ucmr5 — Aurora (2024), IL 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/il/ucmr5-aurora-2024/2024/source.