Radionuclides · 2024
Gross Alpha in Glen Meadow Retirement Community, MD tap water
Glen Meadow Retirement Community, MD's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Gross Alpha and reported no detectable amount.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Reported level System-wide | Not detected | 0 MCLG |
Reported level System-wide | Not detected | 0 MCLG |
Verbatim from Glen Meadow Retirement Community, MD's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Gross Alpha
Gross alpha particle activity — a combined measure of alpha-emitting radioactive substances.
Long-term exposure above the federal limit increases cancer risk.
How Glen Meadow Retirement Community, MD compares
5 of the 839 systems measuring Gross Alpha on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Gross Alpha:
People also ask
+Is there Gross Alpha in Glen Meadow Retirement Community, MD tap water?
Glen Meadow Retirement Community, MD's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Gross Alpha and found no detectable amount.
+What's the federal limit for Gross Alpha in drinking water?
The federal MCLG for Gross Alpha is 0 . The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Gross Alpha?
Gross alpha particle activity — a combined measure of alpha-emitting radioactive substances. Long-term exposure above the federal limit increases cancer risk.
+Which other U.S. cities have Gross Alpha over the federal limit?
5 of the 839 systems on The Water Map measuring Gross Alpha report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Oceano Comm Services Dist. — Oceano, Ca, CA, Crestline Village Cwd - Division 10 — Crestline, Ca, CA, Indian Hills Camp — Jamul, Ca, CA.
+Where does this Gross Alpha measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Gross Alpha entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Glen Meadow Retirement Community, 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/glen-meadow-retirement-community/2024/source.