Inorganic chemicals · 2024
Cyanide in Newport News, VA tap water
Newport News, VA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Cyanide and reported no detectable amount.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Range System-wide | Not detected mg/L | 0 mg/L MCLG |
Maximum Max Conc | Not detected mg/L | 0 mg/L MCLG |
Maximum Max Conc | Not detected ug/L | 200 ug/L MCLG |
Verbatim from Newport News, VA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
How Newport News, VA 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 Newport News, VA tap water?
Newport News, VA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Cyanide and found no detectable amount.
+What's the federal limit for Cyanide in drinking water?
The federal MCLG for Cyanide is 0 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 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 Newport News, 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/newport-news/2024/source.