- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 10.
- PFHxS (a PFAS): found in 8 of 16 samples, average 7.7 ppt, highest 59 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Oct 2023–May 2024)
- PFPeA (a PFAS): found in 8 of 16 samples, average 4.6 ppt, highest 27 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Oct 2023–May 2024)
- PFOS (a PFAS): found in 3 of 16 samples, average 4.3 ppt, highest 45 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Oct 2023–May 2024) PFOA or PFOS averaged above 4.0 ppt in UCMR 5 testing
- PFOA (a PFAS): found in 3 of 16 samples, average 3.3 ppt, highest 33 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Oct 2023–May 2024)
- PFHxA (a PFAS): found in 5 of 16 samples, average 3.1 ppt, highest 25 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Oct 2023–May 2024)
- PFHpA (a PFAS): found in 3 of 16 samples, average 1.2 ppt, highest 12 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Oct 2023–May 2024)
- PFBA (a PFAS): found in 2 of 16 samples, average 1.2 ppt, highest 11 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Oct 2023–May 2024)
- PFBS (a PFAS): found in 3 of 16 samples, average 0.90 ppt, highest 7.8 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Oct 2023–May 2024)
- 6:2 FTS (a PFAS): found in 1 of 16 samples, average 0.80 ppt, highest 13 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Oct 2023–May 2024)
- PFPeS (a PFAS): found in 2 of 16 samples, average 0.80 ppt, highest 8.2 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Oct 2023–May 2024)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 0 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2023–Dec 31, 2025). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
Public EPA test results
Can you drink Atwater tap water? What EPA records show
EPA CA2410001 · serves Atwater, CA · about 29,479 people (EPA SDWIS)
This report shows EPA's federal records for this water system: UCMR 5 testing, lead testing and violations. It isn't a test of the water at your tap, and it has no Water Score.
Public EPA test results
City of Atwater (EPA CA2410001)
EPA data as of October 14, 2026. For Atwater's main utility, City of Atwater: We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (CA2410001) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026. This water system averaged above 4.0 ppt for PFOA or PFOS in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
What EPA records show for City of Atwater, as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (CA2410001) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for City of Atwater (SDWIS). Data as of October 14, 2026.
Lead, 90th percentile: 0 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2023–Dec 31, 2025). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
This water system averaged above 4.0 ppt for PFOA or PFOS in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 10.
Source: EPA records (SDWIS, UCMR 5). SDWIS: data as of Oct 14, 2026. EPA UCMR 5 data, samples through June 2026.
Your water bill names your utility.
Does City of Atwater use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in City of Atwater's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.