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Is Cary, NC tap water safe?

11 utilities serve Cary, 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

1 of the 11 utilities serving Cary has 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 Cary.

Town of Cary, 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 Cary’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

1 more utility in Cary

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

  • Harmony Glen S/Dserves 74 people · lists Cary among the places it serves · no health-based violations since 2016

Water testing near Cary

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

  • Eurofins Built Env. Testing East - Cary

    Cary, NC · about 2 miles

    Certified for asbestos

    (919) 481-1413

  • Eurofins Raleigh

    Cary, NC · about 2 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (919) 467-3090

  • EMSL Analytical, Inc.-Raleigh

    Morrisville, NC · about 6 miles

    Certified for bacteria, asbestos

    (919) 465-3900

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Cary

Which ZIP codes are in Cary: 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 Cary

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