- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 1.
- Lithium: found in 4 of 4 samples, average 45.5 µg/L, highest 48.7 µg/L (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Nov 2024–Aug 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 Poway tap water? What EPA records show
EPA CA3710015 · serves Poway, CA · about 49,888 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
Poway, City of (EPA CA3710015)
EPA data as of October 14, 2026. For Poway's main utility, Poway, City of: We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (CA3710015) 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 Poway, City of, as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (CA3710015) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for Poway, City of (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 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 Poway, City of use chloramine?
EPA treatment records (state-reported) list chloramines for Poway, City of. EPA record