Water Utility

Klamath Falls Water Department

Location Klamath Falls, Oregon,
OR
Serves 40,475
Source Groundwater
PWS ID OR4100443

Overview

Contaminants Detected

Arsenic

Potential Effect: Over Legal Limit
This Utility: 4.49 ppb Legal Limit: 10 ppb
1,123x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.004 ppb

Chromium (hexavalent)*

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.17 ppb No Legal Limit
8.5x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.02 ppb

Nitrate

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.567 ppm Legal Limit: 10 ppb
4x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.14 ppb
This Utility: 0.282 ppm Legal Limit: 10 ppb
2x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.14 ppb
This Utility: 0.967 ppt Legal Limit: 10 ppb
967x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.001 ppb
This Utility: 1.58 ppt Legal Limit: 4 ppb
5.3x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.3 ppb

Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.585 ppb Legal Limit: 80 ppb
3.9x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.15 ppb
This Utility: 0.00614 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.35 ppb
This Utility: 0.0679 ppb No Legal Limit

Haloacetic acids (HAA9)*

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.0875 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.06 ppb
This Utility: 37.4 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
100 ppb
This Utility: 1.51 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
40 ppb
This Utility: 0.717 ppt No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
2000 ppt
This Utility: 0.0778 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
1500 ppb
This Utility: 9.36 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
21 ppb

Find a Filter

See which water filtration technologies are effective at reducing the contaminants detected in this utility's water supply.

Carbon Filters
Filters 3 contaminants exceeding guidelines (+2 others)

Can reduce the levels of many common contaminants.

Pros
  • Lower upfront cost
  • Reduced maintenance
Cons
  • Does not remove all contaminants
Reverse Osmosis
Filters 7 contaminants exceeding guidelines (+6 others)

Can reduce the levels of many common contaminants.

Pros
  • Most effective
Cons
  • Higher upfront cost
  • Requires more maintenance
  • Wastes water
Other Considerations
Ion Exchange
PROS: Softens hard water, Reduces some contaminants
CONS: Doesn't remove all contaminants
Whole-House Filters
PROS: Useful for reducing radiologicals and TCE
CONS: Expensive to install and maintain, Risk of bacterial contamination

Explore filter options for each contaminant. See which technologies are effective at reducing specific contaminants.

Contaminant Activated Carbon Reverse Osmosis Ion Exchange
Contaminants Above Health Guidelines
Arsenic
Chromium (hexavalent)*
Nitrate
Nitrate and nitrite
Perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHXS)
Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Other Contaminants Detected
1,4-Dioxane
Germanium
Haloacetic acids (HAA9)*
Manganese
Molybdenum
Perfluorobutane sulfonate (PFBS)
Strontium*
Vanadium*

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