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Water quality in Ocean Reef, WA

Ocean Reef 6027 · Perth Region · Western Australia

Ocean Reef isn't sampled as its own locality. Its drinking water is supplied through the Water Corporation network, so the closest picture of what comes out of the tap is the two monitored supply points it sits between — Whitfords and Wanneroo.

Nearest monitored supply · 6 km from Ocean Reef

Whitfords

Its water is closer to neutral pH and clearer, though it runs harder and less pure, versus the Perth Region.

Full Whitfords report

Purity

By-products & nitrate

Less pure

Less pure than 70% of Perth Region supplies

Clarity

Turbidity, colour, metals

Top 29%

Clearer than 71% of Perth Region supplies

Taste

Sodium, chloride, TDS

Around average

About average for the Perth Region

Hardness

Calcium & magnesium

Harder

Harder than 78% of Perth Region supplies

pH balance

How close to neutral (7.0)

Top 26%

More neutral than 74% of Perth Region supplies

Nearest monitored supply · 6 km from Ocean Reef

Wanneroo

Its water is much closer to neutral pH and much clearer, though it runs harder and less pure, versus the Perth Region.

Full Wanneroo report

Purity

By-products & nitrate

Less pure

Less pure than 72% of Perth Region supplies

Clarity

Turbidity, colour, metals

Top 8%

Clearer than 92% of Perth Region supplies

Taste

Sodium, chloride, TDS

Around average

About average for the Perth Region

Hardness

Calcium & magnesium

Harder

Harder than 83% of Perth Region supplies

pH balance

How close to neutral (7.0)

Top 7%

More neutral than 93% of Perth Region supplies

Other monitored supplies near Ocean Reef

Water quality in suburbs near Ocean Reef

How to read this

Ocean Reef doesn't have its own published sampling point. The supplies shown here are the closest monitored locations by distance — a useful proxy, but not a guarantee of the exact source feeding your street, since much of Perth draws on the blended Integrated Water Supply Scheme. For the authoritative picture, check with Water Corporation.

Readings come from the Water Corporation of WA Drinking Water Quality Annual Report 2023-2024, ranked within each supply's region. Suburb locations: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).