Disinfection byproducts · 2024

Chlorite in Brownsville, TX tap water

Approaching the federal limit· 0.8× the limit

Brownsville, TX's 2024 Chlorite level is between 80% and 100% of the federal limit (1 mg/L MCL) — measured but not in violation.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
Min - Max
0–0.81 mg/L
Average
System-wide
0.81 mg/L

Verbatim from Brownsville, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

How Brownsville, TX compares

5 of the 68 systems measuring Chlorite on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Chlorite:

People also ask

+Is there Chlorite in Brownsville, TX tap water?

Yes — Brownsville, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Chlorite at 0.81 mg/L. Brownsville, TX's 2024 Chlorite level is between 80% and 100% of the federal limit (1 mg/L MCL) — measured but not in violation.

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

The federal MCL for Chlorite is 1 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

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

5 of the 68 systems on The Water Map measuring Chlorite report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Mcallen, TX, St Petersburg, FL, Antioch, CA.

+Where does this Chlorite measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Chlorite entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Brownsville, TX 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/tx/brownsville/2024/source.

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