Metals · 2023
Mercury in Nashville, TN tap water
Nashville, TN's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Mercury and reported no detectable amount.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Range System-wide | Not detected | 0.002 MCL |
Reported level Metro Water Services | Not detected | 0.002 MCL |
Verbatim from Nashville, TN's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Mercury
A toxic metal from erosion of natural deposits and industrial runoff.
Long-term exposure above the federal limit can damage the kidneys.
How Nashville, TN compares
2 of the 32 systems measuring Mercury on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Mercury:
People also ask
+Is there Mercury in Nashville, TN tap water?
Nashville, TN's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Mercury and found no detectable amount.
+What's the federal limit for Mercury in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Mercury is 0.002 . The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Mercury?
A toxic metal from erosion of natural deposits and industrial runoff. Long-term exposure above the federal limit can damage the kidneys.
+Which other U.S. cities have Mercury over the federal limit?
2 of the 32 systems on The Water Map measuring Mercury report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include St Petersburg, FL, St George, UT.
+Where does this Mercury measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Mercury entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Nashville, TN 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/tn/nashville/2023/source.