Zip 28201 · Charlotte, NC · 33 water systems · EWG data 2013–2023
Charlotte’s tap water has 42 contaminants, 22 above health guidelines.
- Water quality score
- 3out of 10Poor
Counts contaminants above an EWG health guideline, weighted by the harm the guideline protects against. 8 and above is good; 5 and above is fair.
- Above a health guideline
- 22of 42 found
- Linked to cancer
- 15above guideline
- In the SGS test programme
- 7of 42 found
Contaminants found here that SGS measured the Sans Water Purifier against.
Water data: EWG Tap Water Database, utility test results 2013–2023. Guidelines are EWG health guidelines set by federal or state public-health authorities; legal limits differ.
What’s in the water
Worst first. Contaminants Sans has no evidence for come last unless they are above their guideline. Levels are utility averages reported to EWG.
- PFAS
Level found: 0.87 ppt
Health guideline: 0.001 ppt
870×Removed by RO
Level found: 46.6 ppb
Health guideline: 0.06 ppb
776×Removed by RO
Level found: 73.7 ppb
Health guideline: 0.15 ppb
491×Removed by RO
Level found: 37.2 ppb
Health guideline: 0.1 ppb
372×Removed by RO
Level found: 13.3 ppb
Health guideline: 0.06 ppb
222×Removed by RO
Level found: 16.3 ppb
Health guideline: 0.1 ppb
163×Removed by RO
Level found: 56.7 ppb
Health guideline: 0.4 ppb
142×Removed by RO
Level found: 20.6 ppb
Health guideline: 0.2 ppb
103×Removed by RO
Level found: 2 ppb
Health guideline: 0.03 ppb
67×Removed by RO
Level found: 3.1 pCi/L
Health guideline: 0.05 pCi/L
62×Removed by RO
10 of 42 contaminants
Tested: measured by SGS on the Sans Water Purifier, the lab’s own figure. Removed by RO: listed by EWG as reduced by reverse osmosis, the purifier’s filter type. Not tested: neither.
Where this report applies
Utilities serving zip 28201. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
What the Sans Water Purifier is tested to reduce
SGS, an ISO/IEC 17025 laboratory, measured the purifier’s reduction of 19 contaminants (Dec 2023 to Mar 2024). These are the worst in Charlotte’s water that were in that programme.
- Nitrate>99.9%Maximum measured reduction
- Perfluorooctanoic acid>98.8%Maximum measured reduction
- Perfluorooctane sulfonate>99%Maximum measured reduction
Figures are the laboratory’s own, measured under test conditions. Your tap water differs from the challenge water.