Lexington, KY 40502 · Utility tests 2013–2023
Lexington’s tap water has 22 contaminants, 8 above health guidelines.
- Water quality score
- 6out of 10Fair
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
- 8of 22 found
- Linked to cancer
- 6above guideline
- In the SGS test program
- 6of 22 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: 27.2 ppb
Health guideline: 0.06 ppb
453×Removed by RO
Level found: 28.3 ppb
Health guideline: 0.1 ppb
283×Removed by RO
Level found: 36.8 ppb
Health guideline: 0.15 ppb
245×Removed by RO
Level found: 0.889 ppb
Health guideline: 0.004 ppb
222×Tested · >97.2%
Level found: 0.0763 ppb
Health guideline: 0.02 ppb
3.8×Tested · 98.6%
Level found: 0.287 ppm
Health guideline: 0.14 ppm
2.0×Tested · >99.9%
Level found: 0.287 ppm
Health guideline: 0.14 ppm
2.0×Removed by RO
- PFAS
Level found: 1.08 ppt
Health guideline: 1 ppt
1.1×Removed by RO
- PFAS
Level found: 0.265 ppt
Health guideline: 0.3 ppt
0.88×Tested · >99%
- PFAS
Level found: 0.058 ppt
Health guideline: 0.09 ppt
0.64×Tested · >98.8%
10 of 22 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 40502. 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 Lexington’s water that were in that program.
- Arsenic>97.2%Maximum measured reduction
- Hexavalent chromium98.6%Maximum measured reduction
- Nitrate>99.9%Maximum measured reduction
Figures are the laboratory’s own, measured under test conditions. Your tap water differs from the challenge water.