Is Broad Creek, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Broad Creek has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Newport Water System.
West Carteret Water Corp, 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 Broad Creek’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
West Carteret Water Corp
North Carolina · serves 19,512 people · about 160 in Broad Creek
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Newport Water System
North Carolina · serves 5,453 people · under 100 in Broad Creek
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOS at 8.1 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
1 health-based violation since 2016
Water testing near Broad Creek
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Broad Creek, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Carteret County Environmental Health
Morehead City, NC · about 7 miles
Certified for bacteria
Craven County Health Dept.-Env Health Lab
New Bern, NC · about 26 miles
Certified for bacteria
Beacham Laboratory- Division of Environmental
Jacksonville, NC · about 37 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Broad Creek
Which ZIP codes are in Broad Creek: 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 Broad Creek
Other towns in Carteret County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read West Carteret Water Corp’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