No open EPA violations as of 2026-09-16.
EPA record checked 2026-10-06
From EPA's record for DC0000002. PurityMap is independent of DC Water.
Every community water system publishes one each year. Your water bill or the utility's website links to it.
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31 results are on record. These 5 come first, closest to a legal limit first.
0health-based violations in the last 10 years · none open as of 2026-09-16
From EPA SDWIS. A clean violation history means no enforcement action was recorded; it does not cover contaminants without a limit. Meeting a federal limit is a compliance fact, not a health clearance.
Screening tells you if something is worth a closer look; a lab result is the number you can act on.
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Screening: quick check, not lab-grade
Safe Home (EnviroTestKits)
Lead, read as one of three ranges: 0–4, 5–15 or 15+ ppb
Turnaround: 5 minutes
What it can't tell you: It shows a lead range, not an exact level, and tests nothing else unless you pay extra for the optional lab test.
Lab-certified results
ETR Laboratories
50+ substances, including lead, copper, arsenic, nitrate, hardness and coliform bacteria
Environmental Testing and Research Laboratories (ETR Labs), Leominster, MA · ISO/IEC 17025:2017, ANAB certificate AT-2638 · 2–4 business days after the lab receives it
What it can't tell you: It does not test PFAS, and not every result on the panel falls under the lab's accredited scope.
One email when a new sampling round is published or a result moves across its reference.
Follow this water →Its phone number on EPA record is 202-364-3131 and its mailing address is 3900 Donaldson Pl., NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20016. These details come from the system's EPA record.
PurityMap has no verified website for DC Water. Its mailing address on EPA record is 3900 Donaldson Pl., NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20016. Your water bill lists the ways to pay. PurityMap does not take payments.
EPA's records list DC Water as serving D C, District of Columbia. Your water bill names your supplier.
PurityMap's record for DC Water holds results for 29 PFAS substances. 2 were detected, and none is above a federal legal limit. Each result links to its source in the city report.
No open EPA violations as of 2026-09-16: that is what EPA's record shows for DC Water. The record comes from EPA's SDWIS compliance database.
DC Water is on EPA record as drawing from surface water.
Start with the hot-or-cold tap check. Where DC Water reported something related, it's shown below.
Lead at DC Water: 2 µg/L (90th percentile, 2025 monitoring period). Lead has no taste, so a taste neither shows nor rules it out.