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Is Burlington, NC tap water safe?

13 utilities serve Burlington, 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 13 utilities serving Burlington have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: City of Burlington and Robben Mh Court.

City of Burlington, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOS at 17 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

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

3 more utilities in Burlington

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

  • Kirby`s MHPserves 60 people · under 100 in Burlington · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Sellars Mobile Home Parkserves 48 people · under 100 in Burlington · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Carriage Way S/Dserves 51 people · lists Burlington among the places it serves · no health-based violations since 2016

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Burlington’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Burlington

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

  • Guilford County Health Dept.

    Greensboro, NC · about 17 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (336) 641-4607

  • Meritech, Inc.

    Reidsville, NC · about 20 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (336) 342-4748

  • Scientific Analytical Institute

    Greensboro, NC · about 26 miles

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

    (336) 292-3888

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Burlington

Which ZIP codes are in Burlington: 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 Burlington

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