Indianapolis, IN 46201 · Utility tests 2013–2023
Indianapolis’s tap water has 28 contaminants, 13 above health guidelines.
- Water quality score
- 4out 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
- 13of 28 found
- Linked to cancer
- 10above guideline
- In the SGS test program
- 6of 28 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: 33.3 ppb
Health guideline: 0.06 ppb
555×Removed by RO
Level found: 38.6 ppb
Health guideline: 0.1 ppb
386×Removed by RO
Level found: 51.7 ppb
Health guideline: 0.15 ppb
345×Removed by RO
Level found: 8.1 ppb
Health guideline: 0.06 ppb
135×Removed by RO
Level found: 18 ppb
Health guideline: 0.4 ppb
45×Removed by RO
Level found: 2.7 ppb
Health guideline: 0.1 ppb
27×Removed by RO
Level found: 0.632 pCi/L
Health guideline: 0.05 pCi/L
13×Removed by RO
Level found: 0.0358 ppb
Health guideline: 0.004 ppb
8.9×Tested · >97.2%
Level found: 0.627 ppm
Health guideline: 0.14 ppm
4.5×Removed by RO
Level found: 0.627 ppm
Health guideline: 0.14 ppm
4.5×Tested · >99.9%
10 of 28 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 46201. 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 Indianapolis’s water that were in that program.
- Arsenic>97.2%Maximum measured reduction
- Nitrate>99.9%Maximum measured reduction
- Hexavalent chromium98.6%Maximum measured reduction
Figures are the laboratory’s own, measured under test conditions. Your tap water differs from the challenge water.