Physical & aggregate · 2024

Total Dissolved Solids in North Charleston, SC tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.2× the limit

North Charleston, SC's 2024 Total Dissolved Solids measurement is below the federal limit of 500 mg/L (MCL).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
System-wide
101 mg/L

Verbatim from North Charleston, SC's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Total Dissolved Solids

Total dissolved solids — the combined content of all dissolved minerals and salts.

Regulated only as a secondary (cosmetic) standard; high levels affect taste and hardness.

How North Charleston, SC compares

5 of the 119 systems measuring Total Dissolved Solids on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

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People also ask

+Is there Total Dissolved Solids in North Charleston, SC tap water?

Yes — North Charleston, SC's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Total Dissolved Solids at 101 mg/L. North Charleston, SC's 2024 Total Dissolved Solids measurement is below the federal limit of 500 mg/L (MCL).

+What's the federal limit for Total Dissolved Solids in drinking water?

The federal MCL for Total Dissolved Solids is 500 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Total Dissolved Solids?

Total dissolved solids — the combined content of all dissolved minerals and salts. Regulated only as a secondary (cosmetic) standard; high levels affect taste and hardness.

+Which other U.S. cities have Total Dissolved Solids over the federal limit?

5 of the 119 systems on The Water Map measuring Total Dissolved Solids report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Ventura, CA, Torrance, CA, St George, UT.

+Where does this Total Dissolved Solids measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Total Dissolved Solids entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the North Charleston, SC 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/sc/north-charleston/2024/source.

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