Maximum contaminant level definition

Maximum contaminant level means the maximum permissible level of a contaminant in water which is delivered to any user of a public water system.

Maximum contaminant level or "MCL" means the maximum permissible level of a contaminant in water that is delivered to the free-flowing outlet of the ultimate user of a public water system.

Maximum contaminant level or "MCL" means the highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. MCLs are set as close to the MCLGs as feasible using the best available treatment technology.

Examples of Maximum contaminant level in a sentence

• The purpose of the Safe Drinking Water Program is to provide services to public water systems that result in reduced health risk and increased compliance with drinking water monitoring and Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) requirements.

• One type of PFAS, called Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA), now has a Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) of 12 ng/L1.

• While the level was below the National Drinking Water Act Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) for PCE, the well was shut down as a precaution to ensure a safe water supply.

• Nitrogen discharged from the facility (over 200 mg/L) may elevate nitrate concentrations in groundwater to levels that exceed the U.S. EPA Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) for drinking water (45 mg/L).

• In 1974, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A.) signed the Safe Water Drinking Act that set the Maximum Contaminant Level (M.C.L.) of ATZ at 3 μg/L (~0.01 μM) [1].

More Definitions of Maximum contaminant level

Maximum contaminant level or “MCL” means the maximum permissible level of a contaminant in water that is delivered to any user of a public water system. (See Section 611.121.)

Maximum contaminant level or "MCL" means the maximum permissible level of a contaminant in water that is delivered to the free flowing outlet of the ultimate user of a PWS, except in the case of turbidity where the maximum permissible level is measured at the point of entry to the distribution system. The term does not include contaminants added to the water under circumstances controlled bythe user, except those resulting from corrosion of piping and plumbing caused by water quality.

Maximum contaminant level means the maximum permissible level of any physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance in water which is delivered to any user of a public water supply system.

Maximum contaminant level means the maximum permissible level of a contaminant in water.

Maximum contaminant level or “MCL” means the maximum concentration of a contaminant established by either the Washington state board of health or the United States Environmental Protection Agency under the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.) and published in chapter 246-290 WAC or 40 C.F.R. Part 141.

Maximum contaminant level or “MCL” means the maximum permissible level of a contaminant that is delivered to any user of a public water system.

Maximum contaminant level or “MCL” means a maximum contaminant level adopted by EPA under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300f to 300j-26, or by the Environmental Improvement Board under the Environmental Improvement Act, NMSA 1978, § 74-1-8(A)(2) (2000).