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TapWaterMap
Your city's EPA drinking-water records, in plain English
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Your city's EPA drinking-water records, in plain English
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Search your city and TapWaterMap shows the EPA's own drinking-water records (SDWIS) translated into plain English, with the source shown every time. It's the calm middle between alarmist blogs and dense government PDFs. 19,144 city pages, all 51 states, one source: EPA SDWIS. Free, no login. Note: it presents and translates public EPA data - it does not test your water and is not a lab.
Looked up my hometown and it nailed the violation history without making me feel like I needed to buy a filter or move. Seeing the raw SDWIS row right under each plain-English line is a really nice touch for trust.
Love how straightforward this is. One thing I'd find useful is a simple way to compare two cities side by side, like when I'm thinking about a move and want to see the contaminant readings lined up against each other.
Pulled up my zip and actually found my county's report without digging through three government portals. The plain-English breakdown of contaminants next to the source citation is genuinely useful, not just slapped on top.