Inorganic chemicals · 2024

Cyanide in Plano, TX tap water

Detected — no federal limit

Plano, TX's 2024 report shows Cyanide detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
System-wide
120–120 ug/L
Range
System-wide
28.5–128 ug/L
Reported level
System-wide
128 ug/L
Reported level
System-wide
120 ug/L

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

How Plano, 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 Plano, TX tap water?

Yes — Plano, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Cyanide at 28.5–128 ug/L. Plano, TX's 2024 report shows Cyanide detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

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

The federal MCLG 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 Plano, 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/plano/2024/source.

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