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Is NEWPORT BEACH, CA Tap Water Safe?

NEWPORT BEACH is served by 1 water provider on file with the EPA.

Data current as of July 2026
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Results for NEWPORT BEACH, CA

1 water provider on file serving this city.

Quick answer: NEWPORT BEACH's water has no violations on file and no single reading stands out against its peers (1 other providers in this area). It serves roughly 68,572 people, and the full breakdown below reflects everything EPA and California have on record for it.

Contaminants found

Metals
Naturally occurring or corrosion-related elements, e.g. lead, arsenic, copper
Lead Summary
Detected: 0 mg/L (ppm)
12/31/2024
Disinfection Byproducts
Formed when chlorine used to disinfect water reacts with organic matter
Totalhaloaceticacids (HAA5)
Detected: 10.5 UG/L (ppb)
7/8/2025
TTHM
Detected: 31.8 UG/L (ppb)
7/8/2025
A group of disinfection byproducts formed when chlorine reacts with organic matter. Long-term exposure above the legal limit has been linked to increased cancer risk in some studies.
Chloroform
Detected: 7.73 UG/L (ppb)
7/8/2025
One of the individual trihalomethane disinfection byproducts, formed when chlorine reacts with organic matter.
Bromoform
Detected: 3.94 UG/L (ppb)
7/8/2025
Bromodichloromethane
Detected: 11.2 UG/L (ppb)
7/8/2025
Dibromochloromethane
Detected: 8.99 UG/L (ppb)
7/8/2025
Inorganics
Common dissolved minerals and salts, e.g. nitrate, fluoride, chloride
Sulfate
Detected: 128 MG/L (ppm)
8/25/2025
Chloride
Detected: 71.8 MG/L (ppm)
8/25/2025
Minerals
Everyday minerals that mainly affect taste and water hardness
Magnesium
Detected: 18.3 MG/L (ppm)
8/25/2025
Potassium
Detected: 3.6 MG/L (ppm)
8/25/2025
Sodium
Detected: 42.9 MG/L (ppm)
8/25/2025
Calcium
Detected: 104 MG/L (ppm)
8/25/2025
Properties
General water characteristics like pH, hardness, and cloudiness (turbidity)
Hardness, Total (ASCACO3)
Detected: 336 MG/L (ppm)
8/25/2025
PFAS & Emerging Contaminants
Human-made "forever chemicals" and other substances not yet fully regulated
Lithium
Detected: 30.8438 ยตg/L (ppb)
12/6/2023
Occurs naturally in some groundwater. Not currently federally regulated in drinking water.
VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds)
Industrial solvents and fuel-related chemicals that evaporate easily
Bromide
Detected: 0.19 MG/L (ppm)
8/25/2025
Calculated Parameters
Values worked out mathematically from other test results, not measured directly
Alkalinity, Bicarbonate
Detected: 244 MG/L (ppm)
8/25/2025
Other
Additional substances tested that don't fit neatly into the categories above
Dichloroaceticacid
Detected: 5.82 UG/L (ppb)
7/8/2025
Trichloroaceticacid
Detected: 2.74 UG/L (ppb)
7/8/2025
Dibromoaceticacid
Detected: 1.96 UG/L (ppb)
7/8/2025
Alkalinity, Total
Detected: 200 MG/L (ppm)
8/25/2025
Silica
Detected: 18.4 MG/L (ppm)
7/21/2025
Carbon, Total
Detected: 0.23 MG/L (ppm)
8/25/2025
TDS
Detected: 526 MG/L (ppm)
8/25/2025
Filtration considerations: General system types, not a specific product recommendation.
Contaminant Whole-House Carbon Under-Sink RO Under-Sink Carbon
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)YesYesYes
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)YesYesYes
ChloroformYesYesYes
Chlorine / TasteYesYesYes
Sediment / TurbidityYesYesYes
TrichloroethyleneYesYesYes
TetrachloroethyleneYesYesYes
cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneYesYesYes
1,1-DichloroethyleneYesYesYes
BromoformYesYesYes
BromodichloromethaneYesYesYes
DibromochloromethaneYesYesYes
1,1,2-TrichloroethaneYesYesYes
Vinyl ChlorideYesYesYes
Carbon TetrachlorideYesYesYes
BenzeneYesYesYes
TolueneYesYesYes
XyleneYesYesYes
Totalhaloaceticacids (HAA5)YesYesYes
BromideYesYesYes
LeadPartialYesPartial
ArsenicPartialYesPartial
Chromium-6 (Hexavalent)PartialYesPartial
CopperPartialYesPartial
Combined UraniumPartialYesPartial
PFOAPartialYes*Partial
PFOSPartialYes*Partial
NitratePartialYesPartial
Combined RadiumPartialYesPartial
LithiumPartialYes*Partial
DichloroaceticacidPartialYesPartial
TrichloroaceticacidPartialYesPartial
DibromoaceticacidPartialYesPartial
Alkalinity, TotalPartialYesPartial
SilicaPartialYesPartial
Carbon, TotalPartialYesPartial
TDSPartialYesPartial
SulfatePartialYesPartial
ChloridePartialYesPartial
Coliform Bacteria (indicator)NoYesNo
MagnesiumNoPartialNo
PotassiumNoPartialNo
SodiumNoPartialNo
CalciumNoPartialNo
Hardness, Total (ASCACO3)NoNoNo
Alkalinity, BicarbonateNoNoNo

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