Inorganic chemicals · 2024
Fluoride in Grand Prairie, TX tap water
Grand Prairie, TX's 2024 Fluoride measurement is below the federal limit of 4 mg/L (MCLG).
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Range System-wide | 0.598–0.664 mg/L | 4 mg/L MCLG |
Reported level System-wide | 0.629 mg/L | 4 mg/L MCLG |
Reported level System-wide | 0.597 mg/L | 4 mg/L MCLG |
Range System-wide | 0.597–0.597 mg/L | 4 mg/L MCLG |
Maximum System-wide | 0.2 mg/L | 4 mg/L MCLG |
Range System-wide | 0.14–0.9 mg/L | 4 mg/L MCLG |
Maximum System-wide | 0.9 mg/L | 4 mg/L MCLG |
Range System-wide | 0.224–0.243 mg/L | 4 mg/L MCLG |
Verbatim from Grand Prairie, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Fluoride
A mineral often added to drinking water to help prevent tooth decay.
Beneficial at low levels, but long-term exposure above the federal limit can cause bone disease and tooth mottling.
How Grand Prairie, TX compares
5 of the 1248 systems measuring Fluoride on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Fluoride:
People also ask
+Is there Fluoride in Grand Prairie, TX tap water?
Yes — Grand Prairie, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Fluoride at 0.14–0.9 mg/L. Grand Prairie, TX's 2024 Fluoride measurement is below the federal limit of 4 mg/L (MCLG).
+What's the federal limit for Fluoride in drinking water?
The federal MCLG for Fluoride is 4 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Fluoride?
A mineral often added to drinking water to help prevent tooth decay. Beneficial at low levels, but long-term exposure above the federal limit can cause bone disease and tooth mottling.
+Which other U.S. cities have Fluoride over the federal limit?
5 of the 1248 systems on The Water Map measuring Fluoride report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Lake Elizabeth Mutual Water Co. — Elizabeth Lake, Ca, CA, Mcfarland, City of — Mcfarland, Ca, CA, Yonkers, NY.
+Where does this Fluoride measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Fluoride 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.