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Is Clayton, NC tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Clayton, 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

None of the 15 utilities serving Clayton has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records.

Johnston Co - West, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOS at 14.1 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 Clayton’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Clayton

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

  • Stephanie Woods S/Dserves 245 people · under 100 in Clayton · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Ole Mill Stream S/Dserves 325 people · under 100 in Clayton · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Heather Downs Mh S/Dserves 112 people · under 100 in Clayton · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Neuse Colony S/D Section Bserves 190 people · under 100 in Clayton · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Albany Acres S/Dserves 81 people · under 100 in Clayton · 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 Johnston Co - West’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 Clayton

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

  • Wake County Human Services-Public Health Ctr.

    Raleigh, NC · about 10 miles

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

    (919) 250-4437

  • NC State Lab of Public Health

    Raleigh, NC · about 20 miles

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

    (919) 733-7308

  • Eurofins Built Env. Testing East - Cary

    Cary, NC · about 22 miles

    Certified for asbestos

    (919) 481-1413

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Clayton

Which ZIP codes are in Clayton: 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 Clayton

Other towns in Johnston County with a page of their own.

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