Metals · 2016

Lead in Texas A&m University Main Campus, TX tap water

Approaching the federal limit· 0.8× the limit

Texas A&m University Main Campus, TX's 2016 Lead level is between 80% and 100% of the federal limit (0.015 mg/L Action level) — measured but not in violation.

The measurement

StatisticValue
90th percentile
At the tap
0.012 mg/L

Verbatim from Texas A&m University Main Campus, TX's 2016 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Lead

A toxic metal that leaches into water from old service lines, solder, and plumbing fixtures.

There is no safe level of lead; it harms brain development in children and raises blood pressure in adults. The EPA sets an action level, not a health goal above zero.

How Texas A&m University Main Campus, TX compares

5 of the 820 systems measuring Lead on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Lead:

People also ask

+Is there Lead in Texas A&m University Main Campus, TX tap water?

Yes — Texas A&m University Main Campus, TX's 2016 Consumer Confidence Report lists Lead at 0.012 mg/L. Texas A&m University Main Campus, TX's 2016 Lead level is between 80% and 100% of the federal limit (0.015 mg/L Action level) — measured but not in violation.

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

The federal Action level for Lead is 0.015 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Lead?

A toxic metal that leaches into water from old service lines, solder, and plumbing fixtures. There is no safe level of lead; it harms brain development in children and raises blood pressure in adults. The EPA sets an action level, not a health goal above zero.

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

5 of the 820 systems on The Water Map measuring Lead report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Manhattan Beach-city, Water Dept. — Manhattan Beach, Ca, CA, Lubbock, TX, San Bernardino Valley Wd — San Bernardino, Ca, CA.

+Where does this Lead measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Lead entry from the 2016 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Texas A&m University Main Campus, 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/texas-a-m-university-main-campus/2016/source.

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