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Is Biscoe, NC tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Biscoe, 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 Biscoe have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Town of Biscoe and Montgomery County Water System.

Town of Biscoe, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 52.6 ppb, above the legal limit.

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 Biscoe’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Biscoe

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

  • Cameron Testing Services Inc.

    Sanford, NC · about 34 miles

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

    (919) 208-4240

  • Tri State Water Systems

    Randleman, NC · about 34 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (336) 706-0747

  • K & W Laboratories, LLC

    Midland, NC · about 44 miles

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

    (704) 888-1211

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Biscoe

Which ZIP codes are in Biscoe: 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 Biscoe

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