Compare Water Sources by Contaminant


You can use this search engine to find water sources with high levels of a particular contaminant or a set of different contaminants. For example, you could use it to find all water sources that have both a high level of Iron and Manganese by checking the boxes for Iron and Manganese.

Compare Water Sources by Contaminant

Stable Metallic Contaminants
Measurements in Micrograms per Liter (µg/L)
Contaminant Amount MCL
Aluminum (Al) 1,000
Antimony (Sb) 6
Arsenic (As) 50
Barium (Ba) 1,000
Berllium (Be) 4
Cadmium (Cd) 5
Chromium (Cr) 100
Copper (Cu) 1,300
Iron (Fe) 300
Lead (Pb) 15
Manganese (Mn) 50
Mercury (Hg) 2
Nickel (Ni) 730*
Selenium (Se) 50
Silver (Ag) 100
Thallium (Th) 2
Vanadium (V) 260*
Zinc (Zn) 5,000
Radioactive Metallic Contaminants
Measurements in Pico-curies per Liter (pCi/L)
Contaminant Amount MCL
Alpha Particles 15
Beta Particles 50
Lead210 0.047*
Radium226 5
Radium228 5
Thorium228 0.21*
Thorium230 1.3*
Thorium232 1.5*
Uranium234 20
Uranium235 20
Uranium238 20