Disinfectants · 2024

Chloramine in Jackson, MS tap water

Detected — no federal limit

Jackson, MS's 2024 report shows Chloramine detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Reported level
System-wide
2.7 mg/L
Range
Range of Detects
0.31–4.4 mg/L

Verbatim from Jackson, MS's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Chloramine

A longer-lasting disinfectant made by combining chlorine with ammonia.

Holds disinfection further into the pipe network, but is regulated under the same residual-disinfectant cap as chlorine.

How Jackson, MS compares

5 of the 106 systems measuring Chloramine on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Chloramine:

People also ask

+Is there Chloramine in Jackson, MS tap water?

Yes — Jackson, MS's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Chloramine at 0.31–4.4 mg/L. Jackson, MS's 2024 report shows Chloramine detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

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

The federal MCLG for Chloramine is 0 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Chloramine?

A longer-lasting disinfectant made by combining chlorine with ammonia. Holds disinfection further into the pipe network, but is regulated under the same residual-disinfectant cap as chlorine.

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

5 of the 106 systems on The Water Map measuring Chloramine report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Hollywood, FL, Centennial, CO, Pueblo, CO.

+Where does this Chloramine measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Chloramine entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Jackson, MS 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/ms/jackson/2024/source.

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