Metals · 2024

Copper in Sugar Land, TX tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.2× the limit

Sugar Land, TX's 2024 Copper measurement is below the federal limit of 1.3 mg/L (MCLG).

The measurement

StatisticValue
90th percentile
At the tap
0.167 mg/L
90th percentile
At the tap
0.223 mg/L
90th percentile
At the tap
0.102 mg/L
90th percentile
At the tap
0.291 mg/L

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

About Copper

A metal that enters water from corroding household plumbing.

Short-term exposure causes stomach distress; long-term exposure can damage the liver and kidneys.

How Sugar Land, TX compares

5 of the 392 systems measuring Copper on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Copper:

People also ask

+Is there Copper in Sugar Land, TX tap water?

Yes — Sugar Land, TX's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Copper at 0.291 mg/L. Sugar Land, TX's 2024 Copper measurement is below the federal limit of 1.3 mg/L (MCLG).

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

The federal MCLG for Copper is 1.3 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Copper?

A metal that enters water from corroding household plumbing. Short-term exposure causes stomach distress; long-term exposure can damage the liver and kidneys.

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

5 of the 392 systems on The Water Map measuring Copper report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Town of Denton, MD, Oxnard, CA, High Point, NC.

+Where does this Copper measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Copper entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Sugar Land, 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/sugar-land/2024/source.

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