Inorganic chemicals · 2024

Cyanide in Mcallen, TX tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.5× the limit

Mcallen, TX's 2024 Cyanide measurement is below the federal limit.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Reported level
System-wide
100 ug/L
Range
Range of Individual Samples
70–100 ug/L

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

How Mcallen, TX compares

4 of the 18 TX systems measuring Cyanide on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

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People also ask

+Is there Cyanide in Mcallen, TX tap water?

Yes — Mcallen, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Cyanide at 100 ug/L. Mcallen, TX's 2024 Cyanide measurement is below the federal limit.

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

The EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for Cyanide. Utilities still report any measured levels in their annual Consumer Confidence Report.

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

4 of the 18 TX systems on The Water Map measuring Cyanide report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Abilene, TX, Frisco, 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 Mcallen, 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/mcallen/2024/source.

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