Sacramento, CA 94203 · Utility tests 2013–2023
Sacramento’s tap water has 63 contaminants, 28 above health guidelines.
- Water quality score
- 2out 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
- 28of 63 found
- Linked to cancer
- 18above guideline
- In the SGS test program
- 10of 63 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: 26 ppb
Health guideline: 0.004 ppb
6,501×Tested · >97.2%
- PFAS
Level found: 3.62 ppt
Health guideline: 0.001 ppt
3,619×Removed by RO
Level found: 35.9 ppb
Health guideline: 0.06 ppb
599×Removed by RO
Level found: 9.57 ppb
Health guideline: 0.02 ppb
479×Tested · 98.6%
Level found: 55.6 ppb
Health guideline: 0.15 ppb
371×Removed by RO
Level found: 36.5 ppb
Health guideline: 0.1 ppb
365×Removed by RO
Level found: 22.7 ppb
Health guideline: 0.1 ppb
227×Removed by RO
Level found: 52 ppb
Health guideline: 0.4 ppb
130×Removed by RO
Level found: 6.91 ppb
Health guideline: 0.06 ppb
115×Removed by RO
Level found: 16.5 ppb
Health guideline: 0.2 ppb
83×Removed by RO
10 of 63 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 94203. 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 Sacramento’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.