Memphis, TN 37501 · Utility tests 2013–2023
Memphis’s tap water has 24 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 24 found
- Linked to cancer
- 11above guideline
- In the SGS test program
- 5of 24 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: 19.3 ppb
Health guideline: 0.15 ppb
129×Removed by RO
Level found: 4.94 ppb
Health guideline: 0.06 ppb
82×Removed by RO
Level found: 3.75 ppb
Health guideline: 0.06 ppb
63×Removed by RO
Level found: 1.27 ppb
Health guideline: 0.03 ppb
42×Removed by RO
Level found: 3.48 ppb
Health guideline: 0.1 ppb
35×Removed by RO
Level found: 3.33 ppb
Health guideline: 0.1 ppb
33×Removed by RO
Level found: 1.26 pCi/L
Health guideline: 0.05 pCi/L
25×Removed by RO
Level found: 9.74 ppb
Health guideline: 0.4 ppb
24×Removed by RO
Level found: 1.08 ppb
Health guideline: 0.1 ppb
11×Removed by RO
Level found: 2.13 ppb
Health guideline: 0.2 ppb
11×Removed by RO
10 of 24 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 37501. 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 Memphis’s water that were in that program.
- Hexavalent chromium98.6%Maximum measured reduction
- Nitrate>99.9%Maximum measured reduction
- Chlorate>99.8%Maximum measured reduction
Figures are the laboratory’s own, measured under test conditions. Your tap water differs from the challenge water.