- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 1.
- Lithium: found in 15 of 16 samples, average 24.5 µg/L, highest 52.5 µg/L (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2023–Oct 2023)
- 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, 2022–Dec 31, 2024). 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 Carlsbad tap water? What EPA records show
EPA CA3710005 · serves San Diego County, CA · about 96,371 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
Carlsbad MWD (EPA CA3710005)
EPA data as of October 14, 2026. For Carlsbad's main utility, Carlsbad MWD: We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (CA3710005) 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 Carlsbad MWD, as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (CA3710005) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for Carlsbad MWD (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, 2022–Dec 31, 2024). 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 1.
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 Carlsbad MWD use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Carlsbad MWD's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.