- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 8.
- PFHxA (a PFAS): found in 10 of 12 samples, average 5 ppt, highest 9.1 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2024–Oct 2024)
- PFPeA (a PFAS): found in 9 of 12 samples, average 4.9 ppt, highest 9.9 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2024–Oct 2024)
- PFOA (a PFAS): found in 8 of 12 samples, average 4.6 ppt, highest 8.1 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2024–Oct 2024) PFOA or PFOS averaged above 4.0 ppt in UCMR 5 testing
- PFBS (a PFAS): found in 7 of 12 samples, average 3.6 ppt, highest 10 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2024–Oct 2024)
- PFOS (a PFAS): found in 6 of 12 samples, average 2.5 ppt, highest 6 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2024–Oct 2024)
- PFBA (a PFAS): found in 4 of 12 samples, average 2.3 ppt, highest 7.6 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2024–Oct 2024)
- PFHpA (a PFAS): found in 4 of 12 samples, average 1 ppt, highest 3.3 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2024–Oct 2024)
- PFNA (a PFAS): found in 2 of 12 samples, average 0.70 ppt, highest 4.5 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2024–Oct 2024)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 2 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 Jun 1, 2025–Sep 30, 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 Philadelphia tap water? What EPA records show
EPA PA1510001 · serves Philadelphia County, PA · about 1,600,000 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
Philadelphia Water Department (EPA PA1510001)
EPA data as of October 14, 2026. For Philadelphia's main utility, Philadelphia Water Department: We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (PA1510001) 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 Philadelphia Water Department, as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (PA1510001) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for Philadelphia Water Department (SDWIS). Data as of October 14, 2026.
Lead, 90th percentile: 2 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 Jun 1, 2025–Sep 30, 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 8.
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 Philadelphia Water Department use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Philadelphia Water Department's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.