Other · 2023

Chlorine Total in Chesapeake, VA tap water

Over the federal limit· 1.1× the limit

Chesapeake, VA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report shows Chlorine Total at or above the federal limit (4 mg/L MCL). Measured value is 1.1× the threshold.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Reported level
N
3.3–4.6 mg/L
Reported level
Nwr & Lg
3.23–4.4 mg/L
Reported level
P
2.7–4.04 mg/L

Verbatim from Chesapeake, VA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

How Chesapeake, VA compares

5 of the 307 systems measuring Chlorine Total on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

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People also ask

+Is there Chlorine Total in Chesapeake, VA tap water?

Yes — Chesapeake, VA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Chlorine Total at 3.3–4.6 mg/L. Chesapeake, VA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report shows Chlorine Total at or above the federal limit (4 mg/L MCL). Measured value is 1.1× the threshold.

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

The federal MCL for Chlorine Total is 4 mg/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 Chlorine Total over the federal limit?

5 of the 307 systems on The Water Map measuring Chlorine Total report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Hampton, VA, James City County, VA, Lomita-city, Water Dept. — Lomita, Ca, CA.

+Where does this Chlorine Total measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Chlorine Total entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Chesapeake, VA 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/va/chesapeake/2023/source.

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