Disinfectants · 2024
Chloramine in Richmond, VA tap water
Richmond, VA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Chloramine at or above the federal limit (4 mg/L MCL). Measured value is 1.3× the threshold.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Reported level Richmond's Results | 3.8 mg/L | 4 mg/L MCL |
Range Richmond's | 3–5.1 mg/L | 4 mg/L MCL |
Verbatim from Richmond, VA's 2024 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 Richmond, VA compares
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People also ask
+Is there Chloramine in Richmond, VA tap water?
Yes — Richmond, VA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Chloramine at 3–5.1 mg/L. Richmond, VA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Chloramine at or above the federal limit (4 mg/L MCL). Measured value is 1.3× the threshold.
+What's the federal limit for Chloramine in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Chloramine is 4 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.
+Where does this Chloramine measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Chloramine entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Richmond, 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/richmond/2024/source.