- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 2.
- PFPeA (a PFAS): found in 4 of 4 samples, average 5.7 ppt, highest 8 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jun 2023–Mar 2024)
- PFHxA (a PFAS): found in 1 of 4 samples, average 1 ppt, highest 4.1 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jun 2023–Mar 2024)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 2.62 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, 2026–Jun 30, 2026). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
- Health-based violation: Lead and Copper Rule, Lead and Copper Rule, Jan 2022–Jul 2022 (EPA SDWIS)
Public EPA test results
Can you drink Fort Wayne tap water? What EPA records show
EPA IN5202020 · serves Fort Wayne, IN · about 269,994 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
Fort Wayne - 3 Rivers Filtration Plant (EPA IN5202020)
EPA data as of October 14, 2026. For Fort Wayne's main utility, Fort Wayne - 3 Rivers Filtration Plant: 1 health-based violation since July 1, 2021 in EPA records (EPA SDWIS). PFOA and PFOS were not detected at or above EPA's reporting level in EPA's UCMR 5 testing. This is public data, not a test of your tap.
What EPA records show for Fort Wayne - 3 Rivers Filtration Plant, as of October 14, 2026
Health-based violation: Lead and Copper Rule, Lead and Copper Rule, Jan 2022–Jul 2022 (EPA SDWIS).
Lead, 90th percentile: 2.62 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, 2026–Jun 30, 2026). 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 2.
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.
Your water bill names your utility.
Does Fort Wayne - 3 Rivers Filtration Plant use chloramine?
EPA treatment records (state-reported) list chloramines for Fort Wayne - 3 Rivers Filtration Plant. EPA record
What EPA records show for this system
Reported results in EPA records (data as of Oct 14–15, 2026)