Your water data, checked and explained
For $29 we read your water system’s published record and send you a short report: which two or three findings actually warrant a decision, and which to ignore. It also says what was never sampled at all, and what to do about any of it — including when the honest answer is nothing.
- 7 pages, no padding
- Eight sections. Read the whole sample first.
- Emailed to you the same day.
- Every figure sourced and dated.
- Refunded if it is wrong
- Or simply not useful to you.
Which place is the report for?
We write from your water system’s own published record, so we need to know which system that is before you pay.
Not sure which system serves you? Pick your city — the report names the system that actually serves the address, and says so when more than one appears in the public record.
You already get a lot of this free. Here is what you do not.
Our city pages are free, and they give away more than most paid water checks do. So the honest way to compare the two reports is to show you the free column first.
Every number your utility published
Your free city pageYes — the full contaminant table for your system, free, no sign-up, no email.The Water ReportThe same numbers, and then the part the table cannot do: which two or three of them actually warrant a decision.The Property Water ReportEverything in the Water Report.How your levels compare to the EPA limit
Your free city pageYes — each result against its enforceable limit and its health goal.The Water ReportWhat the gap between those two numbers means, per contaminant. A goal of zero is not a limit being exceeded, and nothing free explains that.The Property Water ReportEverything in the Water Report.Permission to ignore the rest
Your free city pageNo. The page lists everything it holds, and leaves the triage to you.The Water ReportThe findings that do not matter are named as a group and explicitly dismissed. Deciding what to ignore is most of the value.The Property Water ReportEverything in the Water Report.What was never sampled
Your free city pageNo. An analyte nobody tested for looks identical to a clean result.The Water ReportStated as an absence — plus which system actually serves your address, and where a figure is a system-wide average rather than your own tap.The Property Water ReportEverything in the Water Report.Direction of travel
Your free city pageThe latest published reading.The Water ReportThe multi-year series wherever the system publishes one — and a plain statement when there is only one reading, rather than a trend drawn through a single point.The Property Water ReportEverything in the Water Report.What to test at your own tap
Your free city pageGeneral guidance on water testing.The Water ReportWhich test, why that one, roughly what it costs, and what a result would change — including when the honest answer is that you need no test at all.The Property Water ReportEverything in the Water Report.What to install
Your free city pageFilter picks for your area.The Water ReportTreatment matched to your findings, named by the NSF/ANSI standard that covers them, with a price band — and what would be overkill, including when nothing is the right answer.The Property Water ReportEverything in the Water Report.Where every figure came from
Your free city pageOur sitewide data-sources page.The Water ReportEvery figure in your report, its source, and the date we read it.The Property Water ReportEverything in the Water Report.Who stands behind it
Your free city pageAssembled automatically from the published data.The Water ReportTapWaterData, against a documented method: every figure checked against its source and dated. If anything is wrong, or it simply was not useful, reply to the email and we refund you in full.The Property Water ReportEverything in the Water Report.Who it is written for
Your free city pageAnyone checking their own water.The Water ReportYou, where you live.The Property Water ReportA property you are buying, before you commit.When it arrives
Your free city pageInstantly — the city page is already published.The Water ReportEmailed to you the same day.The Property Water ReportEmailed within one business day.
Read a real one before you buy
This is the report we wrote for Worcester, MA — the same data and the same standard as a purchased one, published in full. Every figure carries its source and the date we read it, so you can check any of it yourself.
Page 1 · Your water, in one sentence 
Page 2 · The findings, explained 
Page 4 · What the data does not tell you
What is in it, section by section
Your water, in one sentence
Your water in one sentence — the honest headline, not a score out of 100
1 short paragraph
What matters for you
Which findings actually warrant a decision — and, plainly, which ones we are telling you to ignore
½ page
The findings, explained
Each of those explained: the level, the enforceable limit, the health goal, and what the gap between the two actually means
1–2 pages
What this data does not tell you
What the data does not tell you — what was never sampled, which system really serves your address, and where a system-wide figure is not your own tap
½ page
Direction of travel
Direction of travel across every year the system publishes — and a plain statement when there is only one reading, rather than a trend drawn through one point
½ page
What to test at your own tap
What to test at your own tap, roughly what it costs, and when the honest answer is that you need no test at all
½ page
What to install — and what would be overkill
What to install, named by the NSF/ANSI standard that covers it and a price band — plus what would be overkill, and when nothing is the right answer
½ page
Sources
Every figure with its source and the date we read it
½ page
It is worth $29 if one of these is you
- You read your city page, saw a number above a health goal, and could not tell whether it mattered.
- You are pregnant, or have an infant, and want to know which of the detections actually applies to that.
- You are about to buy a filter and would rather know first whether you need one, and which standard it has to meet.
- You have a well or an old house and cannot tell which of the numbers are about the system and which are about your plumbing.
- You read that PFAS was found in your water and want the number in context rather than a headline.
- You want someone to tell you plainly that nothing is wrong, if nothing is wrong.
If none of them is, the free city page is probably all you need — and we would rather say so here than take $29 and tell you afterwards.
Where the numbers come from
- Source
- Your water system’s own published results, plus the EPA’s national records for the limits and health goals those results are measured against.
- Method
- One system’s record, read against a documented method with gates that can refuse. A figure we cannot attribute is not printed, the verdict is computed rather than written, and a record that contradicts itself is reported saying so — which is how errors in the public data get caught rather than reprinted.
- Dating
- Every figure carries the date we read it. A sampling result from 2023 is labelled as one, rather than presented as current.
- Delivery
- Emailed to you the same day. As a PDF, to the address you use at checkout.
What this is not
- It is not a laboratory test of the water at your tap. It cannot tell you what your own plumbing adds, and it does not inspect your building.
- It is not medical advice, and it does not diagnose anything.
- It is not a score. There is no number out of 100. A report that leads with a score invites an argument about the score instead of the decision.
- It is not independent of our commercial side. We earn commission on filters and test kits we link to. The report names what the data supports and what would be overkill — including when the answer is nothing — and carries no affiliate link of its own.
Before you buy
- How is this different from my utility's free annual report?
- A Consumer Confidence Report tells you what was found. It never tells you what to do. It is a compliance document written to satisfy a regulator: detections against legal limits, in a table, with boilerplate health language, once a year. Your report does the part the CCR does not — which two or three findings warrant a decision, what the gap between the legal limit and the health goal means, what was never sampled at all, and what to do, including when the answer is nothing.
- Is this a laboratory test of my water?
- No, and it cannot be. It is an interpretation of your water system's published results and the EPA's records, prepared against a documented method with every figure checked against its source and dated. It cannot tell you what your own plumbing adds, and it does not inspect your building. If a tap test is the right next step, the report says which test, why that one, and roughly what it costs — and it says so when no test is needed.
- Who writes it, and how long does it take?
- It is generated against a documented method and checked before it is sent, then emailed to you the same day. The checking is the point: the public data has known defects, so a figure we cannot trace to a source and a date is not printed, the verdict is computed from the record rather than written, and a contradiction in the record is reported rather than quietly resolved. Where those checks cannot be satisfied we do not send a report — we tell you why and refund you.
- Do you recommend filters you earn commission on?
- We earn commission on filters and test kits we link to elsewhere on this site. The report itself carries no affiliate link: it names the NSF/ANSI standard that covers your findings rather than a brand, with a price band, and it says plainly what would be overkill — including when the right answer is to buy nothing. The sample report calls reverse osmosis and whole-house treatment overkill for the city it covers.
- What if my city's data is wrong, or the report is not useful?
- Reply to the email and we refund you in full. If a different water system turns out to serve your address, we reissue at no charge. Every figure in the report carries its source and the date we read it, so you can check any of it yourself.
- Will it tell me my water is dangerous?
- Only if it is, and for most systems it is not. There is no score out of 100 and no fear language. Where a result sits above a health goal, the report explains what that goal is — for several common contaminants it is zero, which is not the same thing as a legal limit being exceeded.
Ready when you are
Pick the place and we will write it today. If it turns out we have nothing useful to tell you, we will say that — and refund you.
Which place is the report for?
We write from your water system’s own published record, so we need to know which system that is before you pay.
Not sure which system serves you? Pick your city — the report names the system that actually serves the address, and says so when more than one appears in the public record.
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