Virginia Beach, VA 23450 · Utility tests 2013–2023
Virginia Beach’s tap water has 26 contaminants, 16 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
- 16of 26 found
- Linked to cancer
- 11above guideline
- In the SGS test program
- 6of 26 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: 42.3 ppb
Health guideline: 0.06 ppb
705×Removed by RO
Level found: 27.9 ppb
Health guideline: 0.1 ppb
279×Removed by RO
Level found: 40.7 ppb
Health guideline: 0.15 ppb
271×Removed by RO
Level found: 8.45 ppb
Health guideline: 0.06 ppb
141×Removed by RO
Level found: 12.8 ppb
Health guideline: 0.1 ppb
128×Removed by RO
Level found: 2.15 ppb
Health guideline: 0.02 ppb
108×Removed by RO
Level found: 30.6 ppb
Health guideline: 0.4 ppb
76×Removed by RO
Level found: 14.7 ppb
Health guideline: 0.2 ppb
74×Removed by RO
Level found: 2.17 ppb
Health guideline: 0.03 ppb
72×Removed by RO
Level found: 1.86 ppb
Health guideline: 0.1 ppb
19×Removed by RO
10 of 26 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 23450. 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 Virginia Beach’s water that were in that program.
- Hexavalent chromium98.6%Maximum measured reduction
- Perfluorooctane sulfonate>99%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.