Is Bridgeton, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
3 of the 4 utilities serving Bridgeton have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: First Craven Sanitary District, Craven County Water System and Fairfield Harbour.
First Craven Sanitary District, 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 Bridgeton’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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First Craven Sanitary District
North Carolina · serves 6,325 people · about 400 in Bridgeton
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Craven County Water System
North Carolina · serves 37,848 people · under 100 in Bridgeton
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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City of New Bern
North Carolina · serves 37,884 people · under 100 in Bridgeton
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Fairfield Harbour
North Carolina · serves 5,514 people · under 100 in Bridgeton
1 result above the legal limit, 1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 77.5 ppb, above the legal limit.
1 health-based violation since 2016
Water testing near Bridgeton
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Bridgeton, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Craven County Health Dept.-Env Health Lab
New Bern, NC · about 8 miles
Certified for bacteria
Carteret County Environmental Health
Morehead City, NC · about 30 miles
Certified for bacteria
Eurofins Greenville
Greenville, NC · about 32 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity
Which ZIP codes are in Bridgeton: 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 Bridgeton
Other towns in Craven County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read First Craven Sanitary District’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