Cleveland, OH 44101 · Utility tests 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 program
- 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
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 program.
- 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.