Inorganic chemicals · 2024

Cyanide in Brownsville, TX tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.3× the limit

Brownsville, TX's 2024 Cyanide measurement is below the federal limit of 200 ug/L (MCL).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
System-wide
Not detected ug/L
Highest single sample
System-wide
Not detected ug/L
Average
System-wide
50 ug/L
Range
Min - Max
40–50 ug/L

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

How Brownsville, TX compares

2 of the 50 systems measuring Cyanide on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Cyanide:

People also ask

+Is there Cyanide in Brownsville, TX tap water?

Yes — Brownsville, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Cyanide at 50 ug/L. Brownsville, TX's 2024 Cyanide measurement is below the federal limit of 200 ug/L (MCL).

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

The federal MCL for Cyanide is 200 ug/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 Cyanide over the federal limit?

2 of the 50 systems on The Water Map measuring Cyanide report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Mcallen, TX, Odessa, TX.

+Where does this Cyanide measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Cyanide 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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