Physical & aggregate · 2024
Turbidity in Jersey City, NJ tap water
Jersey City, NJ's 2024 Turbidity measurement is below the federal limit of 5 NTU (Treatment technique).
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Minimum System-wide | 0.08 NTU | 5 NTU Treatment technique |
Maximum System-wide | 0.19 NTU | 5 NTU Treatment technique |
Reported level System-wide | 0 % | 5 % Treatment technique |
Minimum System-wide | 0.015 NTU | None set |
Maximum System-wide | 0.619 NTU | None set |
Range System-wide | 0.015–0.619 NTU | None set |
Verbatim from Jersey City, NJ'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 Jersey City, NJ compares
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People also ask
+Is there Turbidity in Jersey City, NJ tap water?
Yes — Jersey City, NJ's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Turbidity at 0.619 NTU. Jersey City, NJ's 2024 Turbidity measurement is below the federal limit of 5 NTU (Treatment technique).
+What's the federal limit for Turbidity in drinking water?
The federal Treatment technique for Turbidity is 5 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.
+Where does this Turbidity measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Turbidity entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Jersey City, NJ 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/nj/jersey-city/2024/source.