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Santa Ana tap water grades B+: 0 over the legal limit, 1 above the health guideline. Plain-English report and a free home water test.
Grade B+: Solid, one caution. Legal on every measure. One chemical sits above the recommended health guideline.
| Chemical | Measured | Legal limit | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine byproducts | 45 ppb | 80 ppb | Caution |
| Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) | 510 mg/L | 1000 mg/L (taste standard) | Caution (taste standard) |
| Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) | 590 mg/L | 1000 mg/L (taste standard) | Caution (taste standard) |
| Hardness (as CaCO3) | 260 mg/L (15.2 grains per gallon) | no health limit | Very hard |
| Hardness (as CaCO3) | 270 mg/L (15.8 grains per gallon) | no health limit | Very hard |
| Electrical Conductivity | 890 µS/cm | 1600 µS/cm (taste standard) | Caution (taste standard) |
| Electrical Conductivity | 870 µS/cm | 1600 µS/cm (taste standard) | Caution (taste standard) |
| Chlorine byproducts (HAA5) | 17 ppb | 60 ppb | Good |
| Chlorine | 1.01 ppm | 4 ppm | Good |
| Odor (threshold odor number) | 1 TON | 3 TON (taste standard) | Good |
| Copper | 0.17 ppm | 1.3 ppm | Good |
| Forever chemicals | 3.8 ppt | none set | Good |
| Forever chemicals | 2.4 ppt | none set | Good |
| Perfluoro Hexane Sulfonic Acid (PFHxS) | 2.7 ppt | none set | Good |
| Lithium | 4.4 ppb | none set | Good |
| Arsenic | 2.3 ppb | 10 ppb | Good |
| Nitrate | 4.8 ppm | 10 ppm | Good |
| Fluoride | 0.4 ppm | 2 ppm | Good |
| Fluoride | 0.7 ppm | 2 ppm | Good |
| Chloride | 95 mg/L | 500 mg/L (taste standard) | Good |
| Chloride | 90 mg/L | 500 mg/L (taste standard) | Good |
| Sulfate | 52 mg/L | 500 mg/L (taste standard) | Good |
| Sulfate | 47 mg/L | 500 mg/L (taste standard) | Good |
| Alkalinity (as CaCO3) | 180 mg/L | none set | Good |
| Alkalinity (as CaCO3) | 135 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.
3 measured results on file across every sampling period the EPA publishes.
City of Santa Ana (PWSID CA3010038) has 2 violations in the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, 0 of them health-based.
Every chemical in the latest utility tests sits under the federal legal limit. One health-related chemical runs above the stricter health guideline, which is where a certified filter earns its place. City of Santa Ana reports 0 health-based violations to the EPA.
City of Santa Ana's most recent Lead and Copper Rule result, from the 2022 to 2024 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 2 violations for this system, 0 of them health-based. The rest are monitoring and reporting notes.
City of Santa Ana serves about 316,184 people in Orange County and relies mainly on surface water. It is public water system CA3010038.
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