Metals · 2024
Sodium in Cambridge, MA tap water
Cambridge, MA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Sodium at or above the federal limit (20 mg/L MCL). Measured value is 4.4× the threshold.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Average Average Level Found | 88.1 mg/L | 20 mg/L MCL |
Verbatim from Cambridge, MA'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 Cambridge, MA 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 Cambridge, MA tap water?
Yes — Cambridge, MA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Sodium at 88.1 mg/L. Cambridge, MA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Sodium at or above the federal limit (20 mg/L MCL). Measured value is 4.4× the threshold.
+What's the federal limit for Sodium in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Sodium is 20 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 Cambridge, MA 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/ma/cambridge/2024/source.