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Is China Grove, NC tap water safe?

12 utilities serve China Grove, 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.

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The short answer

1 of the 12 utilities serving China Grove 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 China Grove.

Town of China Grove, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 4.4 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 China Grove’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

2 more utilities in China Grove

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

  • Bostian Heights WTR Systemserves 112 people · lists China Grove among the places it serves · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Safrit Annex Water Systemserves 51 people · lists China Grove 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 Town of China Grove’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 China Grove

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

  • Pace Analytical Services- Huntersville NC

    Huntersville, NC · about 19 miles

    Certified for bacteria, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (803) 227-2702

  • Statesville Analytical, Holdings, LLC

    Statesville, NC · about 22 miles

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

    (704) 872-4697

  • K & W Laboratories, LLC

    Midland, NC · about 22 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 China Grove

Which ZIP codes are in China Grove: 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 China Grove

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