Inorganic chemicals · 2023

Cyanide in Norfolk, VA tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.1× the limit

Norfolk, VA's 2023 Cyanide measurement is below the federal limit of 0.2 mg/L (MCL).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
Norfolk's Measured
0–0.021 mg/L
Average
Norfolk's Average Level
0.011 mg/L
Maximum
Norfolk's
0.021 mg/L

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

How Norfolk, 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 Norfolk, VA tap water?

Yes — Norfolk, VA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Cyanide at 0.011 mg/L. Norfolk, VA's 2023 Cyanide measurement is below the federal limit of 0.2 mg/L (MCL).

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

The federal MCL for Cyanide is 0.2 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 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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