Is Beulaville, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 4 utilities serving Beulaville has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Onslow WTR and Sewer Authority.
Duplin County Water System, 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 Beulaville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Duplin County Water System
North Carolina · serves 18,542 people · under 100 in Beulaville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Chinquapin Water Association
North Carolina · serves 4,686 people · under 100 in Beulaville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Onslow WTR and Sewer Authority
North Carolina · serves 156,755 people · under 100 in Beulaville
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 29.5 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Town of Beulaville
North Carolina · serves 1,326 people · under 100 in Beulaville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Beulaville
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Beulaville, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Beacham Laboratory- Division of Environmental
Jacksonville, NC · about 17 miles
Certified for bacteria
Craven County Health Dept.-Env Health Lab
New Bern, NC · about 38 miles
Certified for bacteria
Cape Fear Analytical, LLC
Wilmington, NC · about 44 miles
Certified for organic chemicals
ZIP codes in Beulaville
Which ZIP codes are in Beulaville: 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 Beulaville
Other towns in Duplin County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Duplin County Water System’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