Do Aquasana water filters have PFAS?
Aquasana water filters average 95 out of 100 on PFAS Authority's PFAS and toxin screen across the 7 Aquasana water filters graded as of October 2026, level with the 95 out of 100 median for the 64 other water filters brands graded alongside it.
Aquasana water filters average Excellent on our four-band scale. 7 of the 7 we graded are worth buying. That is above 36% of the water filters brands we grade.
PFAS Authority is a scoring system, not a laboratory. We do not test products ourselves. Grades are model-based, built from published ingredients, materials, certifications, brand disclosures and third-party lab results where they exist. See the rubric.
Do Aquasana filters remove PFAS?
Yes. 9 Aquasana filters are certified to reduce PFOA and PFOS under NSF/ANSI 53.
This is a separate question from the grade above, which is about what the filter is made of. A certification means a certifier tested one specific claim on one specific model, so it covers the models named here and nothing else in the range.
| Model | Status | Claim | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claryum 3-Stage Under Sink (AQ-6300, replacement AQ-C3-R) | Certified | Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) & Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)WQA to NSF/ANSI 53PDS row lists 0.02 ug/L and 99.7% Pass. Product page says 99.7% of PFAS (specifically PFOA/PFOS), tested down to 20 ppt. | Read it ↗ |
| Claryum 2-Stage Under Sink (AQ-6200, replacement AQ-C2-R) | Certified | Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) & Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)WQA to NSF/ANSI 53PDS row lists 0.02 ug/L and 99.7% Pass. | Read it ↗ |
| Claryum 3-Stage Max Flow Under Sink (AQ-6300M, replacement AQ-C3M-R) | Certified | Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) & Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)WQA to NSF/ANSI 53PDS row lists 0.02 ug/L and 99.7% Pass. | Read it ↗ |
| Clean Water Machine countertop (AQ-CWM2) | Certified | Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) & Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)WQA to NSF/ANSI 53PDS row lists 0.02 ug/L and 99.7% Pass. Product page says 95% of PFOA/PFOS. | Read it ↗ |
| Claryum Direct Connect faucet-mounted under sink (AQ-MF-1, replacement AQ-MF-1-R) | Certified | Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) & Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)IAPMO to NSF/ANSI 53PDS row lists 0.07 ug/L and 95.2% Pass. | Read it ↗ |
| SmartFlow Reverse Osmosis (AQ-SFRO2) | Certified | Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) & Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)WQA to NSF/ANSI 53 (PFAS claim sits in the 53 table; the system is also certified to 58 and CSA B483.1)PDS row lists 0.02 ug/L and 99.7% Pass. | Read it ↗ |
| HealthShield whole house (WH-HS, replacement WH-HS-R) | Certified | PFOA/PFOS, PFHpA, PFHxS, PFNAWQA to NSF/ANSI 53PDS lists PFOA/PFOS influent 0.0015 mg/L, requirement 0.00002 mg/L, >99.9% Pass; PFHpA, PFHxS and PFNA also >99.9% Pass. | Read it ↗ |
| HealthShield whole house (brand FAQ statement) | Certified | 99.9% of PFAS* (PFOA, PFOS, PFNA, PFHxS, PFHpA)WQA to NSF/ANSI 53Aquasana says 99.9% to below 4 parts per trillion. | Read it ↗ |
| OptimH2O whole house (legacy, product page no longer found) | Certified | PFOA/PFOSIAPMO to NSF/ANSI 53 and NSF P473Aquasana says 98 percent of PFOA/PFOS. | Read it ↗ |
Registers checked September 29, 2026. A lab test the brand publishes is a real result and not a certification. See every filter certified to reduce PFAS, and what Aquasana says about PFAS.
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