Is Cherry Branch, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Cherry Branch has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Craven County Water System.
Havelock Water System, 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 Cherry Branch’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Havelock Water System
North Carolina · serves 14,925 people · under 100 in Cherry Branch
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Craven County Water System
North Carolina · serves 37,848 people · under 100 in Cherry Branch
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
Water testing near Cherry Branch
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Cherry Branch, 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 14 miles
Certified for bacteria
Craven County Health Dept.-Env Health Lab
New Bern, NC · about 18 miles
Certified for bacteria
Beacham Laboratory- Division of Environmental
Jacksonville, NC · about 37 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Cherry Branch
Which ZIP codes are in Cherry Branch: 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 Cherry Branch
Other towns in Craven County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Havelock Water System’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