Metals · 2024
Thallium in Newport News, VA tap water
Newport News, VA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Thallium and reported no detectable amount.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Range System-wide | Not detected ug/L | 0.5 ug/L MCLG |
Maximum Max Conc | Not detected ug/L | 0.5 ug/L MCLG |
Maximum Max Conc | Not detected ug/L | 0.5 ug/L MCLG |
Verbatim from Newport News, VA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
How Newport News, VA compares
1 of the 27 systems measuring Thallium on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Thallium:
People also ask
+Is there Thallium in Newport News, VA tap water?
Newport News, VA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Thallium and found no detectable amount.
+What's the federal limit for Thallium in drinking water?
The federal MCLG for Thallium is 0.5 ug/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 Thallium over the federal limit?
1 of the 27 systems on The Water Map measuring Thallium report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include St George, UT.
+Where does this Thallium measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Thallium 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.