Inorganic chemicals · 2024
Fluoride in Betterton, MD tap water
Betterton, MD's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Fluoride and reported no detectable amount.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Reported level System-wide | Not detected mg/L | 4 mg/L MCLG |
Verbatim from Betterton, MD's 2024 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.
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People also ask
+Is there Fluoride in Betterton, MD tap water?
Betterton, MD's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Fluoride and found no detectable amount.
+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.
+Where does this Fluoride measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Fluoride entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Betterton, MD 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/md/betterton/2024/source.