Physical & aggregate · 2024
Turbidity in Freedom District, MD tap water
Freedom District, MD's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Turbidity at or above the federal limit (0.3 NTU MCL). Measured value is 2.1× the threshold.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Range System-wide | 0.05–0.64 NTU | 0.3 NTU MCL |
Reported level System-wide | 0.64 NTU | 0.3 NTU MCL |
Verbatim from Freedom District, MD's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Turbidity
A measure of cloudiness from suspended particles in the water.
High turbidity can shelter microbes from disinfection; the EPA enforces it through a treatment-technique standard.
How Freedom District, MD compares
3 of the 240 systems measuring Turbidity on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Turbidity:
People also ask
+Is there Turbidity in Freedom District, MD tap water?
Yes — Freedom District, MD's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Turbidity at 0.05–0.64 NTU. Freedom District, MD's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Turbidity at or above the federal limit (0.3 NTU MCL). Measured value is 2.1× the threshold.
+What's the federal limit for Turbidity in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Turbidity is 0.3 NTU. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Turbidity?
A measure of cloudiness from suspended particles in the water. High turbidity can shelter microbes from disinfection; the EPA enforces it through a treatment-technique standard.
+Which other U.S. cities have Turbidity over the federal limit?
3 of the 240 systems on The Water Map measuring Turbidity report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Birmingham, AL, Albuquerque, NM, Albany, NY.
+Where does this Turbidity measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Turbidity entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Freedom District, 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/freedom-district/2024/source.