Metals · 2024
Arsenic in El Paso, TX tap water
El Paso, TX's 2024 Arsenic measurement is below the federal limit of 0.01 mg/L (MCL).
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Average System-wide | 0.0043 mg/L | 0.01 mg/L MCL |
Range of Samples | 0–0.0091 mg/L | 0.01 mg/L MCL |
Verbatim from El Paso, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Arsenic
A naturally occurring element that also enters water from industry and agriculture.
A known human carcinogen; long-term exposure is linked to skin, bladder, and lung cancer.
How El Paso, TX compares
5 of the 807 systems measuring Arsenic on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Arsenic:
People also ask
+Is there Arsenic in El Paso, TX tap water?
Yes — El Paso, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Arsenic at 0.0043 mg/L. El Paso, TX's 2024 Arsenic measurement is below the federal limit of 0.01 mg/L (MCL).
+What's the federal limit for Arsenic in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Arsenic is 0.01 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Arsenic?
A naturally occurring element that also enters water from industry and agriculture. A known human carcinogen; long-term exposure is linked to skin, bladder, and lung cancer.
+Which other U.S. cities have Arsenic over the federal limit?
5 of the 807 systems on The Water Map measuring Arsenic report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Pearland, TX, Mendota, City of — Mendota, Ca, CA, Rockford, IL.
+Where does this Arsenic measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Arsenic entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the El Paso, 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/el-paso/2024/source.