Inorganic chemicals · 2023

Fluoride in Westfield, IN tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.2× the limit

Westfield, IN's 2023 Fluoride measurement is below the federal limit of 4 mg/L (MCLG).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
System-wide
0.53 mg/L
Maximum
Maximum of All Samples
0.63 mg/L
Average
System-wide
0.62 mg/L
Range
System-wide
0.5–0.63 mg/L
Range
System-wide
0.38–0.67 mg/L
Range
System-wide
0.094–0.95 mg/L
Average
System-wide
0.56 mg/L
Maximum
Maximum of All Samples
0.67 mg/L
Maximum
Maximum of All Samples
0.95 mg/L

Verbatim from Westfield, IN's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Fluoride

A mineral often added to drinking water to help prevent tooth decay.

Beneficial at low levels, but long-term exposure above the federal limit can cause bone disease and tooth mottling.

How Westfield, IN compares

5 of the 1248 systems measuring Fluoride on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Fluoride:

People also ask

+Is there Fluoride in Westfield, IN tap water?

Yes — Westfield, IN's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Fluoride at 0.62 mg/L. Westfield, IN's 2023 Fluoride measurement is below the federal limit of 4 mg/L (MCLG).

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

The federal MCLG for Fluoride 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 Fluoride?

A mineral often added to drinking water to help prevent tooth decay. Beneficial at low levels, but long-term exposure above the federal limit can cause bone disease and tooth mottling.

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

5 of the 1248 systems on The Water Map measuring Fluoride report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Lake Elizabeth Mutual Water Co. — Elizabeth Lake, Ca, CA, Mcfarland, City of — Mcfarland, Ca, CA, Yonkers, NY.

+Where does this Fluoride measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Fluoride entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Westfield, IN 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/in/westfield/2023/source.

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