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Orange tap water grades A: 0 over the legal limit, 0 above the health guideline in tests from City of Orange. Plain-English report and a free home water test.
Grade A: Passing grade. Every measured chemical sits well inside the safe range.
| Chemical | Measured | Legal limit | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) | 530 mg/L | 1000 mg/L (taste standard) | Caution (taste standard) |
| Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) | 600 mg/L | 1000 mg/L (taste standard) | Caution (taste standard) |
| Hardness (as CaCO3) | 265 mg/L (15.5 grains per gallon) | no health limit | Very hard |
| Hardness (as CaCO3) | 260 mg/L (15.2 grains per gallon) | no health limit | Very hard |
| Electrical Conductivity | 870 µS/cm | 1600 µS/cm (taste standard) | Caution (taste standard) |
| Electrical Conductivity | 860 µS/cm | 1600 µS/cm (taste standard) | Caution (taste standard) |
| Arsenic | 2.7 ppb | 10 ppb | Good |
| Nitrate | 4 ppm | 10 ppm | Good |
| Fluoride | 0.3 ppm | 2 ppm | Good |
| Fluoride | 0.7 ppm | 2 ppm | Good |
| Chloride | 92 mg/L | 500 mg/L (taste standard) | Good |
| Chloride | 88 mg/L | 500 mg/L (taste standard) | Good |
| Sulfate | 48 mg/L | 500 mg/L (taste standard) | Good |
| Sulfate | 46 mg/L | 500 mg/L (taste standard) | Good |
| Alkalinity (as CaCO3) | 178 mg/L | none set | Good |
| Alkalinity (as CaCO3) | 140 mg/L | none set | Good |
How to read the verdicts: Good means the measurement sits under half of the federal legal limit. Caution means it is legal but at or above half the limit, the range where health researchers advise staying lower. Too high means it exceeded the legal limit. Taste standards are EPA secondary limits for taste and appearance. Hardness uses the USGS scale, where anything over 180 mg/L counts as very hard. When a utility blends water from wells and imported supplies, the same chemical can appear twice with each source's result.
4 measured results on file across every sampling period the EPA publishes.
City of Orange (PWSID CA3010027) has 1 violation in the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, 0 of them health-based.
Every measured chemical in the latest utility tests sits well inside the safe range, and City of Orange reports 0 health-based violations to the EPA.
City of Orange's most recent Lead and Copper Rule result, from the 2022 to 2024 monitoring period, measured 0.00233 mg/L of lead at the 90th percentile of tested homes. The federal action level is 0.015 mg/L, so the system result sits under it. Lead usually enters water from a home's own pipes and fixtures, so a single house can differ from the system figure.
The EPA record lists 1 violation for this system, 0 of them health-based. The rest are monitoring and reporting notes.
City of Orange serves about 120,770 people in Orange County and relies mainly on surface water. It is public water system CA3010027.
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