Is Ahoskie, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 4 utilities serving Ahoskie has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records.
Hertford County Rural Water, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and CDC’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Ahoskie’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Hertford County Rural Water
North Carolina · serves 7,970 people · about 140 in Ahoskie
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Town of Ahoskie
North Carolina · serves 5,479 people · about 130 in Ahoskie
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Bertie County Regional Water
North Carolina · serves 13,736 people · under 100 in Ahoskie
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 20.1 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Union Utilities Corp
North Carolina · serves 353 people · under 100 in Ahoskie
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Ahoskie
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Ahoskie, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
JLA International, Inc.
Edenton, NC · about 25 miles
Certified for bacteria
Northampton County Health Dept.
Jackson, NC · about 25 miles
Certified for bacteria
Eurofins Greenville
Greenville, NC · about 55 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity
ZIP codes in Ahoskie
Which ZIP codes are in Ahoskie: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health, certified drinking water laboratories; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.
Near Ahoskie
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Hertford County Rural Water’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water