City of San Diego Authority
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Utility Details
- City of San Diego
- Serves: 1374790
- Data available: 2014-2019
- Source: Groundwater
Contaminants Detected
14
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Life's Health Guidelines fill the gap in outdated government standards.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
Chlorite
Potential Effect: change in blood chemistry
5.7X
THIS UTILITY
286.5 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
50 ppb
Legal Limit
Legal Limit 1000 ppb
Bromate
Potential Effect: cancer
14X
THIS UTILITY
1.38 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.1 ppb
Legal Limit
Legal Limit 10 ppb
Chromium (hexavalent)
Potential Effect: cancer
2.2X
THIS UTILITY
0.0440 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.02 ppb
Legal Limit
No Legal Limit
Dichloroacetic acid
Potential Effect: cancer
16X
THIS UTILITY
3.19 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.2 ppb
Legal Limit
No Legal Limit
Trichloroacetic acid
Potential Effect: cancer
9.2X
THIS UTILITY
0.922 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.1 ppb
Legal Limit
No Legal Limit
Dibromoacetic acid
Potential Effect: N/A
91X
THIS UTILITY
2.73 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.03 ppb
Legal Limit
No Legal Limit
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Potential Effect: cancer
362X
THIS UTILITY
36.2 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.1 ppb
Legal Limit
Legal Limit 60 ppb
Chloroform
Potential Effect: cancer
13X
THIS UTILITY
5.37 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.4 ppb
Legal Limit
No Legal Limit
Bromoform
Potential Effect: cancer
10X
THIS UTILITY
5.18 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.5 ppb
Legal Limit
No Legal Limit
Bromodichloromethane
Potential Effect: cancer
126X
THIS UTILITY
7.58 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.06 ppb
Legal Limit
No Legal Limit
Dibromochloromethane
Potential Effect: cancer
100X
THIS UTILITY
9.99 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.1 ppb
Legal Limit
No Legal Limit
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Potential Effect: cancer
188X
THIS UTILITY
28.1 ppb
HEALTH GUIDELINE
0.15 ppb
Legal Limit
Legal Limit 80 ppb
Contaminants
CONTAMINANTS ABOVE
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| Perfluorobutanoic Acid (PFBA) | |
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| Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) | |
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| Haloacetic acids (HAA9) | |
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