Omaha, NE 68101 · Utility tests 2013–2023
Omaha’s tap water has 30 contaminants, 18 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
- 18of 30 found
- Linked to cancer
- 14above guideline
- In the SGS test program
- 7of 30 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: 2.59 ppb
Health guideline: 0.004 ppb
648×Tested · >97.2%
Level found: 33.2 ppb
Health guideline: 0.06 ppb
553×Removed by RO
Level found: 40.2 ppb
Health guideline: 0.15 ppb
268×Removed by RO
Level found: 5.06 ppb
Health guideline: 0.02 ppb
253×Removed by RO
Level found: 19.3 ppb
Health guideline: 0.1 ppb
193×Removed by RO
Level found: 11.3 ppb
Health guideline: 0.06 ppb
188×Removed by RO
Level found: 164 pCi/L
Health guideline: 1.5 pCi/L
109×Removed by RO
Level found: 7.16 ppb
Health guideline: 0.1 ppb
72×Removed by RO
Level found: 2.08 ppb
Health guideline: 0.03 ppb
69×Removed by RO
Level found: 13.6 ppb
Health guideline: 0.2 ppb
68×Removed by RO
10 of 30 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 68101. 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 Omaha’s water that were in that program.
- Arsenic>97.2%Maximum measured reduction
- Hexavalent chromium98.6%Maximum measured reduction
- Selenium>95%Maximum measured reduction
Figures are the laboratory’s own, measured under test conditions. Your tap water differs from the challenge water.