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Is Candor, NC tap water safe?

4 utilities serve Candor, 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

4 of the 4 utilities serving Candor have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Montgomery County Water System, Town of Biscoe, Town of Candor and 1 more.

Montgomery County Water System, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the legal limit and 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 55.7 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 Candor’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

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

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Water testing near Candor

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 Candor, 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 35 miles

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

    (919) 208-4240

  • Tri State Water Systems

    Randleman, NC · about 37 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (336) 706-0747

  • K & W Laboratories, LLC

    Midland, NC · about 43 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 Candor

Which ZIP codes are in Candor: 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 Candor

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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