Is Clyde, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 2 utilities serving Clyde have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Junaluska Sanitary District and Town of Clyde.
Junaluska Sanitary District, 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 Clyde’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Junaluska Sanitary District
North Carolina · serves 5,138 people · under 100 in Clyde
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
- Open report
Town of Clyde
North Carolina · serves 3,228 people · under 100 in Clyde
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
Water testing near Clyde
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Clyde, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Haywood County Health & Human Services Agency
Clyde, NC · under a mile
Certified for bacteria
Pace Analytical Services- Asheville NC
Asheville, NC · about 20 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
Environmental Testing Solutions, Inc.
Asheville, NC · about 23 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
ZIP codes in Clyde
Which ZIP codes are in Clyde: 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 Clyde
Other towns in Haywood County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Junaluska Sanitary District’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