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Is Bethlehem, NC tap water safe?

11 utilities serve Bethlehem, 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 11 utilities serving Bethlehem have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Icard Township Water Corp and Town of Rhodhiss.

City of Hickory, 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 Bethlehem’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

1 more utility in Bethlehem

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

  • Five Oaks S/Dserves 99 people · under 100 in Bethlehem · no health-based violations since 2016

Water testing near Bethlehem

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

  • Water Tech Laboratories, Inc.

    Granite Falls, NC · about 8 miles

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

    (828) 396-4444

  • Catawba County Health Department

    Hickory, NC · about 14 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (828) 695-5815

  • Statesville Analytical, Holdings, LLC

    Statesville, NC · about 21 miles

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

    (704) 872-4697

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Bethlehem

Which ZIP codes are in Bethlehem: 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 Bethlehem

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