Radionuclides · 2024

Combined Radium in Grand Prairie, TX tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.3× the limit

Grand Prairie, TX's 2024 Combined Radium measurement is below the federal limit of 0 pCi/L (MCLG).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
System-wide
1.5–1.5 pCi/L
Average
System-wide
1.5 pCi/L

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

About Combined Radium

Combined radium-226 and radium-228 — naturally occurring radioactive elements.

Long-term exposure above the federal limit increases the risk of bone cancer.

How Grand Prairie, TX compares

5 of the 464 systems measuring Combined Radium on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Combined Radium:

People also ask

+Is there Combined Radium in Grand Prairie, TX tap water?

Yes — Grand Prairie, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Combined Radium at 1.5 pCi/L. Grand Prairie, TX's 2024 Combined Radium measurement is below the federal limit of 0 pCi/L (MCLG).

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

The federal MCLG for Combined Radium is 0 pCi/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Combined Radium?

Combined radium-226 and radium-228 — naturally occurring radioactive elements. Long-term exposure above the federal limit increases the risk of bone cancer.

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

5 of the 464 systems on The Water Map measuring Combined Radium report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Lynn, MA, Aurora, IL, Broad Creek, MD.

+Where does this Combined Radium measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Combined Radium entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Grand Prairie, 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/grand-prairie/2024/source.

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