Zip 92101 · San Diego, CA · 1 water systems · EWG data 2013–2023
San Diego’s tap water has 33 contaminants, 15 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
- 15of 33 found
- Linked to cancer
- 12above guideline
- In the SGS test programme
- 6of 33 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
Worst first. Contaminants Sans has no evidence for come last unless they are above their guideline. Levels are utility averages reported to EWG.
Level found: 36.2 ppb
Health guideline: 0.1 ppb
362×Removed by RO
Level found: 18.1 ppb
Health guideline: 0.06 ppb
302×Removed by RO
Level found: 28.1 ppb
Health guideline: 0.15 ppb
188×Removed by RO
Level found: 7.58 ppb
Health guideline: 0.06 ppb
126×Removed by RO
Level found: 9.99 ppb
Health guideline: 0.1 ppb
100×Removed by RO
Level found: 2.73 ppb
Health guideline: 0.03 ppb
91×Removed by RO
Level found: 3.19 ppb
Health guideline: 0.2 ppb
16×Removed by RO
Level found: 1.38 ppb
Health guideline: 0.1 ppb
14×Removed by RO
Level found: 5.37 ppb
Health guideline: 0.4 ppb
13×Removed by RO
Level found: 5.18 ppb
Health guideline: 0.5 ppb
10×Removed by RO
10 of 33 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 92101. 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 San Diego’s water that were in that programme.
- Hexavalent chromium98.6%Maximum measured reduction
- Perfluorooctanoic acid>98.8%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.