Disinfectants · 2023

Chloramine in Norfolk, VA tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.1× the limit

Norfolk, VA's 2023 Chloramine measurement is below the federal limit of 42 mg/L (MCL).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
Norfolk's Measured
1.3–4.6 mg/L
Maximum
Norfolk's
3.31 mg/L
Average
Norfolk's Average Level
3.3 mg/L

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

About Chloramine

A longer-lasting disinfectant made by combining chlorine with ammonia.

Holds disinfection further into the pipe network, but is regulated under the same residual-disinfectant cap as chlorine.

How Norfolk, VA compares

5 of the 106 systems measuring Chloramine on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Chloramine:

People also ask

+Is there Chloramine in Norfolk, VA tap water?

Yes — Norfolk, VA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Chloramine at 3.3 mg/L. Norfolk, VA's 2023 Chloramine measurement is below the federal limit of 42 mg/L (MCL).

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

The federal MCL for Chloramine is 42 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Chloramine?

A longer-lasting disinfectant made by combining chlorine with ammonia. Holds disinfection further into the pipe network, but is regulated under the same residual-disinfectant cap as chlorine.

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

5 of the 106 systems on The Water Map measuring Chloramine report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Hollywood, FL, Centennial, CO, Pueblo, CO.

+Where does this Chloramine measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Chloramine entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Norfolk, 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/norfolk/2023/source.

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