- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 3.
- Lithium: found in 18 of 24 samples, average 27.9 µg/L, highest 67.2 µg/L (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2023–Jul 2025)
- PFBA (a PFAS): found in 2 of 24 samples, average 0.70 ppt, highest 7.9 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2023–Jul 2025)
- PFPeA (a PFAS): found in 1 of 24 samples, average 0.20 ppt, highest 3.8 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2023–Jul 2025)
- 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 Irvine tap water? What EPA records show
EPA CA3010092 · serves Orange County, CA · about 450,323 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
Irvine Ranch Water District (EPA CA3010092)
EPA data as of October 14, 2026. For Irvine's main utility, Irvine Ranch Water District: We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (CA3010092) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026. PFOA and PFOS were not detected at or above EPA's reporting level in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
What EPA records show for Irvine Ranch Water District, as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (CA3010092) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for Irvine Ranch Water District (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.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 3.
PFOA and PFOS were not detected at or above EPA's reporting level in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
Source: EPA records (SDWIS, UCMR 5). SDWIS: data as of Oct 14, 2026. EPA UCMR 5 data, samples through June 2026.
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Does Irvine Ranch Water District use chloramine?
EPA treatment records (state-reported) list chloramines for Irvine Ranch Water District. EPA record