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Is Belville, NC tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Belville, 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

2 of the 2 utilities serving Belville have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Brunswick Regional Water and Sewer H2go and Brunswick County Water System.

Brunswick Regional Water and Sewer H2go, 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 Belville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Belville

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 Belville, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • New Hanover County Health Dept.

    Wilmington, NC · about 8 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (910) 798-6642

  • Alliance Technical Group, LLC - Wilmington

    Wilmington, NC · about 12 miles

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

    (910) 793-0128

  • Cape Fear Analytical, LLC

    Wilmington, NC · about 13 miles

    Certified for organic chemicals

    (910) 795-0421

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Belville

Which ZIP codes are in Belville: 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 Belville

Other towns in Brunswick County with a page of their own.

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