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Life's Health Guidelines fill the gap in outdated government standards.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
Arsenic
Potential Effect: cancer
23X
THIS UTILITY
0.0901 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.004 ppb
Legal Limit
Legal Limit 10 ppb
Chlorite
Potential Effect: change in blood chemistry
5.5X
THIS UTILITY
274.4 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
50 ppb
Legal Limit
Legal Limit 1000 ppb
Bromate
Potential Effect: cancer
5.9X
THIS UTILITY
0.586 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.1 ppb
Legal Limit
Legal Limit 10 ppb
Chromium (hexavalent)
Potential Effect: cancer
2.1X
THIS UTILITY
0.0421 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.02 ppb
Legal Limit
No Legal Limit
Dichloroacetic acid
Potential Effect: cancer
22X
THIS UTILITY
4.35 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.2 ppb
Legal Limit
No Legal Limit
Trichloroacetic acid
Potential Effect: cancer
14X
THIS UTILITY
1.44 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.1 ppb
Legal Limit
No Legal Limit
Dibromoacetic acid
Potential Effect: N/A
89X
THIS UTILITY
3.55 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.04 ppb
Legal Limit
No Legal Limit
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Potential Effect: cancer
96X
THIS UTILITY
9.57 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.1 ppb
Legal Limit
Legal Limit 60 ppb
Chloroform
Potential Effect: cancer
16X
THIS UTILITY
6.51 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.4 ppb
Legal Limit
No Legal Limit
Bromoform
Potential Effect: cancer
13X
THIS UTILITY
6.71 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.5 ppb
Legal Limit
No Legal Limit
Bromodichloromethane
Potential Effect: cancer
161X
THIS UTILITY
9.66 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.06 ppb
Legal Limit
No Legal Limit
Dibromochloromethane
Potential Effect: cancer
125X
THIS UTILITY
12.5 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.1 ppb
Legal Limit
No Legal Limit
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Potential Effect: cancer
241X
THIS UTILITY
36.1 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.15 ppb
Legal Limit
Legal Limit 80 ppb
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
Haloacetic acids (HAA9)
Potential Effect: cancer
302X
THIS UTILITY
18.1 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.06 ppb
Legal Limit
No Legal Limit
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
OTHER DETECTED
Bromide
Potential Effect: N/A
THIS UTILITY
24.4 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
NO LIFE HEALTH GUIDELINE
No Legal Limit
Chlorate
Potential Effect: harm to the thyroid
THIS UTILITY
142.3 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
210 ppb
No Legal Limit
Barium
Potential Effect: harm to the kidney
THIS UTILITY
44.6 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
700 ppb
Legal Limit
2000 ppb
Chromium (total)
Potential Effect: N/A
THIS UTILITY
0.00542 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
NO LIFE HEALTH GUIDELINE
Legal Limit
100 ppb
Fluoride
Potential Effect: N/A
THIS UTILITY
0.547 ppm
HEALTH GUIDELINE
NO LIFE HEALTH GUIDELINE
Legal Limit
4 ppm
Manganese
Potential Effect: harm to the brain and nervous system
THIS UTILITY
0.837 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
100 ppb
No Legal Limit
Nitrate
Potential Effect: cancer
THIS UTILITY
0.0118 ppm
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.14 ppm
Legal Limit
10 ppm
Strontium
Potential Effect: cancer
THIS UTILITY
0.711 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
1,500. ppb
No Legal Limit
Molybdenum
Potential Effect: change in blood chemistry
THIS UTILITY
3.60 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
40 ppb
No Legal Limit
Vanadium
Potential Effect: change to blood chemistry
THIS UTILITY
0.327 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
21 ppb
No Legal Limit
Bromochloromethane
Potential Effect: cancer
THIS UTILITY
0.000973 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
NO LIFE HEALTH GUIDELINE
No Legal Limit
Monochloroacetic acid
Potential Effect: N/A
THIS UTILITY
0.0104 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
53 ppb
No Legal Limit
CONTAMINANTS ABOVE
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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 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |