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Poway tap water: lead not detected, 0 health-based EPA violations on record for City of Poway. Plain-English report and a free home water test.
4 measured results on file across every sampling period the EPA publishes.
City of Poway (PWSID CA3710015) has 1 violation in the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, 0 of them health-based.
City of Poway has no health-based EPA violations in the last three years. Its measured lead results are listed on this page. What your own plumbing adds is a separate question, which is what the free in-home test answers.
City of Poway's most recent Lead and Copper Rule result, from the 2023 to 2025 monitoring period, found no detectable 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 Poway serves about 49,888 people in San Diego County and relies mainly on surface water. It is public water system CA3710015.
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A local FilteredWTR tech screens the water at your faucet for hardness, chlorine and sediment and explains each reading while you watch. The visit is free, and afterward the decision stays yours.
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