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Is Belmont, NC tap water safe?

14 utilities serve Belmont, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and CDC’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

1 of the 14 utilities serving Belmont has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Cameron Point S/D.

City of Belmont, 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 Belmont’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

4 more utilities in Belmont

By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in Belmont than those above.

  • River Lakes SDserves 38 people · nearly all in Belmont · no health-based violations since 2016
  • South Forest S/Dserves 84 people · nearly all in Belmont · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Cameron Point S/Dserves 86 people · under 100 in Belmont · 1 health-based violation since 2016
  • Belmont Abbey Collegeserves 1,325 people · lists Belmont among the places it serves · no health-based violations since 2016

Water testing near Belmont

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab North Carolina certifies.

The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Belmont, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Chem-Bac Labs, Inc.

    Charlotte, NC · about 7 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (704) 394-6381

  • Charlotte Water - Environmental Lab Services

    Charlotte, NC · about 8 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (704) 336-3690

  • Eurofins Charlotte

    Charlotte, NC · about 8 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (704) 529-6364

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Belmont

Which ZIP codes are in Belmont: 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.

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