- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 9.
- PFOS (a PFAS): found in 8 of 8 samples, average 22.7 ppt, highest 35.6 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2023–Apr 2024) PFOA or PFOS averaged above 4.0 ppt in UCMR 5 testing
- PFHxS (a PFAS): found in 8 of 8 samples, average 11.2 ppt, highest 16.8 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2023–Apr 2024)
- PFHxA (a PFAS): found in 8 of 8 samples, average 6.4 ppt, highest 10.4 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2023–Apr 2024)
- PFPeA (a PFAS): found in 8 of 8 samples, average 5.9 ppt, highest 9.7 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2023–Apr 2024)
- PFBA (a PFAS): found in 4 of 8 samples, average 3.3 ppt, highest 10 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2023–Apr 2024)
- PFBS (a PFAS): found in 6 of 8 samples, average 3 ppt, highest 5.3 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2023–Apr 2024)
- PFOA (a PFAS): found in 3 of 8 samples, average 1.8 ppt, highest 5.6 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2023–Apr 2024)
- PFHpA (a PFAS): found in 2 of 8 samples, average 0.90 ppt, highest 3.8 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2023–Apr 2024)
- 6:2 FTS (a PFAS): found in 1 of 8 samples, average 0.90 ppt, highest 7.2 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2023–Apr 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 Greensboro tap water? What EPA records show
EPA NC0241010 · serves Greensboro, NC · about 319,588 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
Greensboro, City of (EPA NC0241010)
EPA data as of October 14, 2026. For Greensboro's main utility, Greensboro, City of: We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (NC0241010) 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 Greensboro, City of, as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (NC0241010) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for Greensboro, 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.
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 9.
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 Greensboro, City of use chloramine?
EPA treatment records (state-reported) list chloramines for Greensboro, City of. EPA record