Sample Water Report

City of San Diego Authority

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Utility Details

  • City of San Diego
  • Serves: 1326200
  • Data available: 2014-2019
  • Source: Groundwater

Contaminants Detected

3

EXCEED HEALTH GUIDELINES

30 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Life's Health Guidelines fill the gap in outdated government standards.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

View: EXCEED GUIDELINES OTHER DETECTED

Arsenic

Potential Effect: cancer

23X

THIS UTILITY

0.0901 ppb

HEALTH GUIDELINE

0.004 ppb

Legal Limit

Legal Limit 10 ppb

Details

Chlorite

Potential Effect: change in blood chemistry

5.5X

THIS UTILITY

274.4 ppb

HEALTH GUIDELINE

50 ppb

Legal Limit

Legal Limit 1000 ppb

Details

Bromate

Potential Effect: cancer

5.9X

THIS UTILITY

0.586 ppb

HEALTH GUIDELINE

0.1 ppb

Legal Limit

Legal Limit 10 ppb

Details

Chromium (hexavalent)

Potential Effect: cancer

2.1X

THIS UTILITY

0.0421 ppb

HEALTH GUIDELINE

0.02 ppb

Legal Limit

No Legal Limit

Details

Dichloroacetic acid

Potential Effect: cancer

22X

THIS UTILITY

4.35 ppb

HEALTH GUIDELINE

0.2 ppb

Legal Limit

No Legal Limit

Details

Trichloroacetic acid

Potential Effect: cancer

14X

THIS UTILITY

1.44 ppb

HEALTH GUIDELINE

0.1 ppb

Legal Limit

No Legal Limit

Details

Dibromoacetic acid

Potential Effect: N/A

89X

THIS UTILITY

3.55 ppb

HEALTH GUIDELINE

0.04 ppb

Legal Limit

No Legal Limit

Details

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Potential Effect: cancer

96X

THIS UTILITY

9.57 ppb

HEALTH GUIDELINE

0.1 ppb

Legal Limit

Legal Limit 60 ppb

Details

Chloroform

Potential Effect: cancer

16X

THIS UTILITY

6.51 ppb

HEALTH GUIDELINE

0.4 ppb

Legal Limit

No Legal Limit

Details

Bromoform

Potential Effect: cancer

13X

THIS UTILITY

6.71 ppb

HEALTH GUIDELINE

0.5 ppb

Legal Limit

No Legal Limit

Details

Bromodichloromethane

Potential Effect: cancer

161X

THIS UTILITY

9.66 ppb

HEALTH GUIDELINE

0.06 ppb

Legal Limit

No Legal Limit

Details

Dibromochloromethane

Potential Effect: cancer

125X

THIS UTILITY

12.5 ppb

HEALTH GUIDELINE

0.1 ppb

Legal Limit

No Legal Limit

Details

Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

Potential Effect: cancer

241X

THIS UTILITY

36.1 ppb

HEALTH GUIDELINE

0.15 ppb

Legal Limit

Legal Limit 80 ppb

Details

Radium, combined (-226 & -228)

Potential Effect: cancer

7.9X

THIS UTILITY

0.40 pCi/L

HEALTH GUIDELINE

0.05 pCi/L

Legal Limit

Legal Limit 5 pCi/L

Details

Haloacetic acids (HAA9)

Potential Effect: cancer

302X

THIS UTILITY

18.1 ppb

HEALTH GUIDELINE

0.06 ppb

Legal Limit

No Legal Limit

Details

Uranium

Potential Effect: cancer

4.2X

THIS UTILITY

1.81 pCi/L

HEALTH GUIDELINE

0.43 pCi/L

Legal Limit

Legal Limit 20 pCi/L

Details

OTHER DETECTED

Bromide

Potential Effect: N/A

THIS UTILITY

24.4 ppb

HEALTH GUIDELINE

NO LIFE HEALTH GUIDELINE

No Legal Limit

Details

Chlorate

Potential Effect: harm to the thyroid

THIS UTILITY

142.3 ppb

HEALTH GUIDELINE

210 ppb

No Legal Limit

Details

Barium

Potential Effect: harm to the kidney

THIS UTILITY

44.6 ppb

HEALTH GUIDELINE

700 ppb

Legal Limit

2000 ppb

Details

Chromium (total)

Potential Effect: N/A

THIS UTILITY

0.00542 ppb

HEALTH GUIDELINE

NO LIFE HEALTH GUIDELINE

Legal Limit

100 ppb

Details

Fluoride

Potential Effect: N/A

THIS UTILITY

0.547 ppm

HEALTH GUIDELINE

NO LIFE HEALTH GUIDELINE

Legal Limit

4 ppm

Details

Manganese

Potential Effect: harm to the brain and nervous system

THIS UTILITY

0.837 ppb

HEALTH GUIDELINE

100 ppb

No Legal Limit

Details

Nitrate

Potential Effect: cancer

THIS UTILITY

0.0118 ppm

HEALTH GUIDELINE

0.14 ppm

Legal Limit

10 ppm

Details

Strontium

Potential Effect: cancer

THIS UTILITY

0.711 ppb

HEALTH GUIDELINE

1,500. ppb

No Legal Limit

Details

Molybdenum

Potential Effect: change in blood chemistry

THIS UTILITY

3.60 ppb

HEALTH GUIDELINE

40 ppb

No Legal Limit

Details

Vanadium

Potential Effect: change to blood chemistry

THIS UTILITY

0.327 ppb

HEALTH GUIDELINE

21 ppb

No Legal Limit

Details

Bromochloromethane

Potential Effect: cancer

THIS UTILITY

0.000973 ppb

HEALTH GUIDELINE

NO LIFE HEALTH GUIDELINE

No Legal Limit

Details

Monochloroacetic acid

Potential Effect: N/A

THIS UTILITY

0.0104 ppb

HEALTH GUIDELINE

53 ppb

No Legal Limit

Details

Monobromoacetic acid

Potential Effect: N/A

THIS UTILITY

0.0903 ppb

HEALTH GUIDELINE

25 ppb

No Legal Limit

Details

Chlorodifluoromethane

Potential Effect: N/A

THIS UTILITY

0.0209 ppb

HEALTH GUIDELINE

NO LIFE HEALTH GUIDELINE

No Legal Limit

Details

Contaminants

CONTAMINANTS ABOVE
HEALTH GUIDELINES

Bromide
Arsenic
Chlorate
Chlorite
Barium
Bromate
Chromium (total)
Fluoride
Manganese
Nitrate
Strontium
Chromium (hexavalent)
Molybdenum
Vanadium
Bromochloromethane
Monochloroacetic acid
Dichloroacetic acid
Trichloroacetic acid
Monobromoacetic acid
Dibromoacetic acid
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Chloroform
Bromoform
Bromodichloromethane
Dibromochloromethane
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Radium, combined (-226 & -228)
Chlorodifluoromethane
Haloacetic acids (HAA9)
Uranium

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