Zip 44101 · Cleveland, OH · 12 water systems · EWG data 2013–2023
Cleveland’s tap water has 35 contaminants, 20 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
- 20of 35 found
- Linked to cancer
- 15above guideline
- In the SGS test programme
- 8of 35 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.
Level found: 3.3 ppb
Health guideline: 0.004 ppb
825×Tested · >97.2%
Level found: 39.7 ppb
Health guideline: 0.06 ppb
661×Removed by RO
Level found: 43.3 ppb
Health guideline: 0.15 ppb
289×Removed by RO
Level found: 13.2 ppb
Health guideline: 0.06 ppb
221×Removed by RO
Level found: 17.9 ppb
Health guideline: 0.1 ppb
179×Removed by RO
Level found: 3.57 ppb
Health guideline: 0.02 ppb
178×Removed by RO
Level found: 10.8 ppb
Health guideline: 0.1 ppb
108×Removed by RO
Level found: 2.9 ppb
Health guideline: 0.03 ppb
97×Removed by RO
Level found: 7.12 ppb
Health guideline: 0.1 ppb
71×Removed by RO
Level found: 22.5 ppb
Health guideline: 0.4 ppb
56×Removed by RO
10 of 35 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 44101. 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 Cleveland’s water that were in that programme.
- Arsenic>97.2%Maximum measured reduction
- Nitrate>99.9%Maximum measured reduction
- Perfluorooctanoic acid>98.8%Maximum measured reduction
Figures are the laboratory’s own, measured under test conditions. Your tap water differs from the challenge water.