Physical & aggregate · 2024
Turbidity in Round Rock, TX tap water
Round Rock, TX's 2024 Turbidity measurement is below the federal limit of 0.3 NTU (MCL).
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Minimum System-wide | 0.02 NTU | 0.3 NTU MCL |
Average System-wide | 0.065 NTU | 0.3 NTU MCL |
Maximum System-wide | 0.16 NTU | 0.3 NTU MCL |
Verbatim from Round Rock, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Turbidity
A measure of cloudiness from suspended particles in the water.
High turbidity can shelter microbes from disinfection; the EPA enforces it through a treatment-technique standard.
How Round Rock, TX compares
4 of the 240 systems measuring Turbidity on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Turbidity:
People also ask
+Is there Turbidity in Round Rock, TX tap water?
Yes — Round Rock, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Turbidity at 0.065 NTU. Round Rock, TX's 2024 Turbidity measurement is below the federal limit of 0.3 NTU (MCL).
+What's the federal limit for Turbidity in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Turbidity is 0.3 NTU. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Turbidity?
A measure of cloudiness from suspended particles in the water. High turbidity can shelter microbes from disinfection; the EPA enforces it through a treatment-technique standard.
+Which other U.S. cities have Turbidity over the federal limit?
4 of the 240 systems on The Water Map measuring Turbidity report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Birmingham, AL, Albuquerque, NM, Freedom District, MD.
+Where does this Turbidity measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Turbidity entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Round Rock, 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/round-rock/2024/source.