City of Carlsbad Authority
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Utility Details
- City of Carlsbad
- Serves: 84838
- Data available: 2014-2019
- Source: Groundwater
Contaminants Detected
3
EXCEED HEALTH GUIDELINES
33 Total Contaminants
- Legal does not necessarily equal safe. Getting a passing grade from the federal government does not mean the water meets the latest health guidelines.
- Legal limits for contaminants in tap water have not been updated in almost 20 years.
- The best way to ensure clean tap water is to keep pollution out of source water in the first place.
Legal ≠ Safe
Life's Health Guidelines fill the gap in outdated government standards.
The federal government’s legal limits are not health-protective. The EPA has not set a new tap water standard in almost 20 years, and some standards are more than 40 years old.
Contaminants Detected
Arsenic
Potential Effect: cancer
700X
THIS UTILITY
2.80 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.004 ppb
Legal Limit
Legal Limit 10 ppb
Bromate
Potential Effect: cancer
43X
THIS UTILITY
4.28 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.1 ppb
Legal Limit
Legal Limit 10 ppb
Chromium (hexavalent)
Potential Effect: cancer
5.1X
THIS UTILITY
0.101 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.02 ppb
Legal Limit
No Legal Limit
Dichloroacetic acid
Potential Effect: cancer
11X
THIS UTILITY
2.23 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.2 ppb
Legal Limit
No Legal Limit
Trichloroacetic acid
Potential Effect: cancer
10X
THIS UTILITY
1.05 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.1 ppb
Legal Limit
No Legal Limit
Dibromoacetic acid
Potential Effect: N/A
41X
THIS UTILITY
1.63 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.04 ppb
Legal Limit
No Legal Limit
Bromochloroacetic acid
Potential Effect: N/A
93X
THIS UTILITY
1.86 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.02 ppb
Legal Limit
No Legal Limit
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Potential Effect: cancer
55X
THIS UTILITY
5.54 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.1 ppb
Legal Limit
Legal Limit 60 ppb
Chloroform
Potential Effect: cancer
14X
THIS UTILITY
5.51 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.4 ppb
Legal Limit
No Legal Limit
Bromoform
Potential Effect: cancer
4.2X
THIS UTILITY
2.09 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.5 ppb
Legal Limit
No Legal Limit
Bromodichloromethane
Potential Effect: cancer
103X
THIS UTILITY
6.16 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.06 ppb
Legal Limit
No Legal Limit
Dibromochloromethane
Potential Effect: cancer
54X
THIS UTILITY
5.42 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.1 ppb
Legal Limit
No Legal Limit
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Potential Effect: cancer
128X
THIS UTILITY
19.2 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.15 ppb
Legal Limit
Legal Limit 80 ppb
Haloacetic acids (HAA9)
Potential Effect: cancer
239X
THIS UTILITY
14.3 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.06 ppb
Legal Limit
No Legal Limit
Uranium
Potential Effect: cancer
4.6X
THIS UTILITY
1.98 pCi/L
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.43 pCi/L
Legal Limit
Legal Limit 20 pCi/L
OTHER DETECTED
Chlorate
Potential Effect: harm to the thyroid
THIS UTILITY
168.8 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
210 ppb
No Legal Limit
Barium
Potential Effect: harm to the kidney
THIS UTILITY
56.7 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
700 ppb
Legal Limit
2000 ppb
Fluoride
Potential Effect: N/A
THIS UTILITY
0.634 ppm
HEALTH GUIDELINE
NO LIFE HEALTH GUIDELINE
Legal Limit
4 ppm
Manganese
Potential Effect: harm to the brain and nervous system
THIS UTILITY
1.67 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
100 ppb
No Legal Limit
Nitrate and nitrite
Potential Effect: cancer
THIS UTILITY
0.139 ppm
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.14 ppm
Legal Limit
10 ppm
Nitrate
Potential Effect: cancer
THIS UTILITY
0.112 ppm
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.14 ppm
Legal Limit
10 ppm
Strontium
Potential Effect: cancer
THIS UTILITY
0.834 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
1,500. ppb
No Legal Limit
Molybdenum
Potential Effect: change in blood chemistry
THIS UTILITY
3.80 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
40 ppb
No Legal Limit
Vanadium
Potential Effect: change to blood chemistry
THIS UTILITY
1.30 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
21 ppb
No Legal Limit
DCPA mono- and di-acid degradates
Potential Effect: N/A
THIS UTILITY
0.0104 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
NO LIFE HEALTH GUIDELINE
No Legal Limit
N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA)
Potential Effect: cancer
THIS UTILITY
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.003 ppt
No Legal Limit
Bromochloromethane
Potential Effect: cancer
THIS UTILITY
0.190 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
NO LIFE HEALTH GUIDELINE
No Legal Limit
Monochloroacetic acid
Potential Effect: N/A
THIS UTILITY
0.454 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
53 ppb
No Legal Limit
Monobromoacetic acid
Potential Effect: N/A
THIS UTILITY
0.161 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
25 ppb
No Legal Limit
Dichloromethane (methylene chloride)
Potential Effect: cancer
THIS UTILITY
0.0471 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
4. ppb
Legal Limit
5 ppb
Tritium
Potential Effect: cancer
THIS UTILITY
41.29 pCi/L
HEALTH GUIDELINE
400 pCi/L
No Legal Limit
CONTAMINANTS ABOVE
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenic | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Chlorate | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Barium | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Bromate | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Fluoride | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Manganese | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Nitrate and nitrite | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Nitrate | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Strontium | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Chromium (hexavalent) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Molybdenum | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Vanadium | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| DCPA mono- and di-acid degradates | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Bromochloromethane | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Monochloroacetic acid | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Dichloroacetic acid | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Trichloroacetic acid | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Monobromoacetic acid | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Dibromoacetic acid | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Bromochloroacetic acid | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Haloacetic acids (HAA5) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Chloroform | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Bromoform | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Bromodichloromethane | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Dibromochloromethane | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Dichloromethane (methylene chloride) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Tritium | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| tert-Butyl alcohol | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Caffeine | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Haloacetic acids (HAA9) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Uranium | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
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