Water Contaminants

Common Water Contaminants

There Are Millions of Possible Water Contaminants, and fewer than 300 are regulated by the EPA:*
 

bio contaminant symbolBiological:
bacteria, protozoa, and parasites including E. coli, Crytosporidium, Salmonella, Giardia, Legionella, Microbacterium Avium Complex (MAC) and Helico-bacter Pylori

inorganic contaminant symbolInorganic:
toxic chemicals, minerals, and metals including chlorine, asbestos, selenium, mercury, hardness minerals, arsenic, barium, nitrates, copper, and lead

organic contaminant symbolOrganic:
synthetic organic chemicals such as insecticides, pesticides, herbicides and industrial solvents

radioactive contaminant symbolRadioactive:
plutonium, radium, and radon

 

* See your water supplier’s annual drinking water quality report for information on the contaminants in your drinking water.

For information on your local watershed, see www.epa.gov/surf.

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